California rains muddy farm fields, higher vegetable prices soak shoppers
SALINAS, Calif. (Reuters) – Record rains are a double-edged sword for California’s Salinas Valley: While the recent deluge virtually ended the state’s historic drought, it also created muddy, unworkable fields – sending prices for everything from kale …
U.S. Homeland Security probes possible abuse in Twitter summons case
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. Homeland Security Department’s inspector general said on Friday he was investigating possible abuse of authority in a case that triggered a lawsuit against the department by Twitter Inc .
Chinese citizen pleads guilty in U.S. to trying to export carbon fiber
(Reuters) – A Chinese citizen pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of trying to illegally export to China high-grade carbon fiber used primarily in aerospace and military applications, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.
Washington threatens funding cut to California, other ‘sanctuary’ areas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice threatened on Friday to cut some funding to California as well as eight cities and counties across the United States, escalating a Trump administration crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities that d…
Social media outrage as Sessions calls Hawaii ‘island in the Pacific’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Social media did not take kindly to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions referring to the country’s 50th state of Hawaii as just “an island in the Pacific.”
Accused Fresno gunman’s arraignment delayed after courtroom outburst
(Reuters) – A man accused of murdering a motel security guard and gunning down three white men in a racially motivated Fresno, California shooting spree was ordered to undergo a psychiatric exam on Friday after entering a courtroom yelling “let black p…
Russian lawmaker’s son gets 27 years prison in U.S. hacking case
(Reuters) – The son of a Russian lawmaker was sentenced on Friday by a U.S. federal court to 27 years in prison after being convicted of hacking into U.S. small businesses and financial institutions, causing more than $169 million in damages.
U.S. identifies, charges Israeli teen accused of Jewish threats
(Reuters) – An Israeli-American teenager accused of making dozens of bomb threats to Jewish community centers was identified for the first time on Friday in separate criminal complaints filed in U.S. federal courts in Florida and Georgia that linked hi…
Florida state senator resigns after racial slur
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Russian charged in Connecticut with operating Kelihos botnet
(Reuters) – A federal grand jury in Connecticut has returned an eight-count indictment charging a Russian national with operating the Kelihos botnet, a global network of tens of thousands of infected computers, the U.S. Justice Department said on Frida…
