Backpage chief pleads guilty, will cooperate in prostitution case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Backpage.com’s chief executive has pleaded guilty to state and federal charges stemming from a wide-ranging investigation into the sex ad website, agreeing as part of a deal with prosecutors to shut it down and cooperate in the …
Man called 911 about ‘abused kids’ months before California SUV crash
(Reuters) – A man whose daughter lived next door to a family killed when their SUV drove off a California cliff warned authorities four months earlier that the family’s six adopted children were being “highly abused,” according to a recording of the ma…
Popular U.S. national parks to hike fees to $35, not $70
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Interior Department will hike fees at the most popular national parks to $35 a vehicle, backing off a plan that would have cost visitors $70 a vehicle to visit Yellowstone and other well-known parks, the agency said on Thursday.
Former congressman Stockman convicted of fraud in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A federal jury in Houston on Thursday found former Republican U.S. Representative Steve Stockman guilty of fraud and siphoning off hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds for his personal use.
Oklahoma teachers end nearly two-week walkout that shut schools
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma’s largest teachers union on Thursday called off a nearly two-week walkout that shut public schools statewide, saying it had secured historic gains in education funding after school budgets were devastated by a decade …
Model Janice Dickinson tells jury that Cosby drugged, raped her
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Former supermodel Janice Dickinson testified on Thursday that Bill Cosby drugged and raped her at a Lake Tahoe home in 1982, a story similar to those of other alleged victims called as witnesses in the comedian’s sexual assa…
California SUV crash victim said her moms were ‘racist’: records
(Reuters) – A 16-year-old African-American girl told neighbors her white mothers were “racist” and that she was “whipped with belts” about six months before one of them is believed to have deliberately driven the family of eight off a California cliff,…
U.S. could reach goal of 355 ship Navy in 2030s: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy could build its strength to 355 ships over a decade earlier than previously thought due to an increased shipbuilding budget and tempo as well as extending the service for some ships in the current fleet, a Pentagon…
‘Soup Nazi’ company’s ex-CFO gets nine months prison for tax evasion
(Reuters) – The former chief financial officer of a company that licensed the name and recipes of the chef who inspired the tyrannical “Soup Nazi” character on the TV comedy “Seinfeld” was sentenced to nine months in prison on Thursday for tax evasion, according to federal prosecutors.
Former Congressman Stockman of Texas convicted of fraud
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A federal jury in Houston found former U.S. Republican Congressman Steve Stockman guilty of fraud on Thursday, including siphoning off more than $1 million in campaign funds for his own use, court records showed.
