New Jersey man groped woman on flight, then wrote apology note: prosecutors
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey man groped a woman during a transcontinental flight and then apologized in a pair of notes in which he acknowledged his actions were "stupid," U.S. authorities said on...
View ArticleMobile phone company to pay $30 million in U.S. fraud case
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A KDDI Corp mobile phone unit has agreed to pay $30 million to resolve U.S. government claims that it defrauded a low-income subsidy program by seeking reimbursement...
View ArticleFlorida court ruling may spare scores on death row from execution
By Letitia SteinTAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - The Florida Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for scores of death row inmates to receive new sentencing hearings, while denying such relief in older...
View ArticleHigh winds, heavy traffic cause delays at Los Angeles airport
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Holiday travel at Los Angeles International Airport was snarled in a bottleneck of high volume and bad weather on Thursday, a spokesman for the facility said, as LAX became the...
View ArticleMistrial declared in corruption case against ex-Los Angeles sheriff
By Steve GormanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the obstruction of justice case against former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, ruling that jurors were...
View ArticleBlacks arrested in Colorado at three times the population rate
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - African-American men and women in Colorado were disproportionately arrested or issued citations last year, and were more likely to be sentenced to prison than other...
View ArticleWinter weather to make holiday travel treacherous in northern U.S.
By Brendan O'BrienMILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Heavy snow, freezing rain and wind gusts will make holiday travel treacherous in swaths of the northern United States.A storm is expected to bring rain and then...
View ArticleSuspect arrested road-rage shooting of toddler in Arkansas
(Reuters) - Police have arrested a 33-year-old Arkansas man suspected of fatally shooting a three-year-old boy on Saturday in what is believed to have been an act of road rage, officials said on...
View ArticleHoekstra Not Surprised by Spike in Terrorism Acts
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - It's not a coincidence that acts and potential acts of terrorism are flaring up right now around the world.The Berlin market truck attack, the Libyan airliner hijacking, the...
View ArticleNORAD gearing up to track Santa
UNDATED (WKZO-AM) -- Over 1,500 volunteers at NORAD will be working hard to track Santa as he makes his trip around the globe on Christmas Eve.Air Force 1st Lt. Lauren Hill said they don't quite know...
View ArticleBerlin Terror Truck Driver Dead
BERLIN/MILAN (RUETERS) - The suspect in the Berlin Christmas market truck attack was killed in a shoot-out in a suburb of the northern Italian city of Milan on Friday, Italy's interior minister...
View ArticleMassachusetts Muslim cemetery to go ahead after year-long fight
By Scott MaloneBOSTON (Reuters) - A proposed Muslim cemetery in rural central Massachusetts will go forward after the town that fought the idea for most of the year and the Islamic society that...
View ArticleTrump, taking a break from White House prep, tees off with Tiger Woods
By Melissa FaresWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday took a break from preparing to take office to engage in a pastime beloved by presidents since Dwight...
View ArticleIllinois loses budget head as FY 2017 spending plan expires
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois will lose its budget director just as the state's temporary fiscal 2017 spending plan expires, the governor's office said on Friday.Tim Nuding, who joined Governor Bruce...
View ArticleFort Worth officer in viral arrest video was 'rude not racist': chief
By Jon HerskovitzAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The white Fort Worth police officer seen on viral video wrestling to the ground and arresting a black woman who called police to report a neighbor choking her...
View ArticleSingaporean blogger detained by U.S. immigration officials
By Timothy Mclaughlin and Renita D. YoungCHICAGO (Reuters) - A Singaporean blogger who has stirred controversy in his home country is being detained by U.S. immigration officials, the Department of...
View ArticleFBI warns of possible Islamic State-inspired attacks in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal authorities cautioned local law enforcement on Friday to be aware that supporters of Islamic State have been calling for their sympathizers to attack holiday...
View ArticleBackpage.com hit with new pimping, money-laundering charges in California
(Reuters) - California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Friday filed new criminal charges of pimping and money laundering against the chief executive and controlling shareholders of the website...
View ArticlePennsylvania parents accused of starving, abusing three children
By David DeKokHARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania couple tried to starve their three children to death because the father no longer wanted them, state police said in charges filed this...
View ArticleFire kills baby, two adults in Pittsburgh suburb: report
(Reuters) - Fire in a suburban Pittsburgh home on Christmas Eve killed a 5-month-old boy, his grandmother and an uncle, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported, citing officials.The two-story frame house...
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