Virginia mayor arrested in methamphetamine bust
By Laila Kearney(Reuters) - The mayor of Fairfax City, Virginia, a suburb of Washington D.C., has been arrested on suspicion of providing methamphetamine for sex, police said on Friday.Mayor Richard...
View ArticleEx-FBI agent avoids prison for lying at Whitey Bulger murder trial
By Tim McLaughlinBOSTON (Reuters) - A former FBI agent was sentenced on Friday to two years of probation for lying repeatedly at the 2013 murder and racketeering trial of Boston mobster Whitey...
View ArticleU.S. closer to testing engineered mosquitoes that could fight Zika
By Julie SteenhuysenCHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have cleared the way for a trial of genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida that can reduce mosquito populations, potentially offering...
View ArticleObama prepares to boost U.S. military's cyber role: sources
By Warren StrobelWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is preparing to elevate the stature of the Pentagon’s Cyber Command, signaling more emphasis on developing cyber weapons to deter...
View ArticleVirginia town mostly unfazed about arrival of Reagan attacker Hinckley
By Gary RobertsonWILLIAMSBURG, Va. (Reuters) - Many residents of the Virginia town where John Hinckley Jr. will settle after his release from a psychiatric hospital were unfazed by his expected arrival...
View ArticleNorth Carolina will ask Supreme Court to allow voter ID law to stand
By Colleen JenkinsWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - North Carolina will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a state law requiring voters to show identification to stand, after an appellate court struck...
View ArticleSioux Falls kid invents whack-a-Hillary app
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) A 13-year-old Sioux Falls boy called the Rush Limbaugh program to get national publicity for an anti-Hillary app he invented.Walker Haber told Rush on Friday that its called...
View ArticleSouth Dakota becomes motorcycle mecca again
UNDATED (KELO-AM) Patience on South Dakota roads will be a virtue during the 76th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally that opens Monday August 8.There were 16 traffic deaths during the 2015 Sturgis Rally...
View ArticleFormer L.A. county sheriff indicted on new federal charges
By Dan WhitcombLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who earlier this week withdrew his guilty plea to a charge of lying to federal investigators in a corruption probe,...
View ArticleAutopsies show Orlando club massacre victims were shot multiple times
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Autopsy reports on some of the people shot at a gay nightclub in Florida in June appear to support witness accounts of the massacre at the crowded club including that some...
View ArticleCalifornia mayor declares innocence in strip poker scandal
By Curtis SkinnerSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The mayor of Stockton, California, who faces charges stemming from a strip poker game that he is accused of initiating at a summer camp he hosts for...
View ArticleHouston mom gets 40 years after daughter's body found in fridge
(Reuters) - A Texas woman was sentenced on Friday to 40 years in prison after admitting responsibility for the death of her 9-year-old daughter, whose emaciated and dehydrated body was found in the...
View ArticleJudge eases restrictions on defendants in armed Oregon occupation
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - A federal judge ruled on Friday that eight anti-government militants facing criminal charges in the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife center can now communicate with...
View ArticleRailing collapses at New Jersey concert injuring about 30: media
(Reuters) - Dozens of concertgoers suffered minor injuries on Friday night when a railing collapsed during a hip hop concert featuring Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa in west New Jersey, local media...
View ArticleFour killed, three injured in Oregon motel fire: media
(Reuters) - Four people were killed and four were injured in a fire that destroyed a motel in a coastal city in Oregon on Friday, local media said. The fire began at about 5:45 a.m. in a room at the...
View ArticleClinton's lead over Trump narrows to less than three points: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Grant SmithNEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's lead over Republican rival Donald Trump narrowed to less than 3 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos...
View ArticleMichigan man charged in grenade case may have followed al Qaeda - report
By Joseph Ax(Reuters) - U.S. authorities have found an apparent link between a Michigan man charged with illegally purchasing an arsenal of explosives and the radical U.S.-born al Qaeda recruiter Anwar...
View ArticleChicago police may have violated policy in fatal shooting: official
(Reuters) - Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said on Saturday that videos of the police shooting of a black man in the city last month indicate three officers may have violated the...
View ArticleU.S. Coast Guard sends 97 migrants back to Cuba
(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard has repatriated 97 Cuban migrants picked up at sea, part of a surge in attempts to reach the United States from the Communist-run island, the service said on...
View ArticleTennessee police arrest 41 in online prostitution sting
(Reuters) - Tennessee police have arrested 41 people in connection with an online human trafficking sting in Nashville, with many suspects allegedly paying for sex with underage girls, authorities...
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