Mudslide threat prompts mandatory-evacuation order for 30,000 in Southern California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The threat of deadly mudslides from an impending Pacific storm prompted authorities on Thursday to order mandatory evacuations for some 30,000 people living adjacent to fire-scarred foothills and mountain slopes along California…
Ex-New York police official pleads guilty to misusing police resources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former New York City police official on Thursday pleaded guilty to misusing police department resources for the benefit of a businessman charged in a wide-ranging corruption case.
Maria Contreras-Sweet says she has clinched deal for Weinstein Co assets
(Reuters) – Former Obama administration official Maria Contreras-Sweet said on Thursday that she had reached an agreement with the New York State Attorney General’s office to purchase assets from the Weinstein Company in order to launch a new firm.
Smith & Wesson maker says increased gun sales reported after Florida attack
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The chief executive officer of American Outdoor Brands Corporation , maker of Smith & Wesson guns, on Thursday said some gun retailers reported increased foot traffic and sales after the Florida high school shooting.
New Jersey treasurer resets public pension rate of return
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey’s treasurer said on Thursday she will increase the expected rate of return for the state’s struggling public pension system from 7 percent to 7.5 percent, then lower it again over time.
New York mother says finding slain children was a ‘nightmare’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York woman who discovered her children’s bloody bodies in a bathtub and their nanny stabbing herself in the neck testified on Thursday at the start of the babysitter’s murder trial that the experience was a “nightmare.”
Tennessee bus driver convicted in crash that killed six children: report
(Reuters) – A Tennessee school bus driver was found guilty on Thursday of negligent homicide in a 2016 crash that killed six children, local media reported.
‘Friendly fire’ killed U.S. marshal in Pennsylvania in January: officials
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A deputy U.S. marshal who was killed in January while trying to serve an arrest warrant in Pennsylvania died by “friendly fire,” the U.S. Marshals Service said on Thursday.
Trial begins for widow of Orlando nightclub gunman
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – The federal trial for the widow of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, began on Thursday with the selection of jurors, who will decide whether she aided her husband in one of the deadliest U…
Weinstein Co, New York Attorney General in last-minute talks to avoid bankruptcy: WSJ
(Reuters) – Weinstein Co’s board on Thursday met with a potential buyers’ group at the New York attorney general’s office in a last-resort attempt to avoid bankruptcy and a government lawsuit, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people with knowle…
