Backpage.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 Backpage.com, reviving a case that was dismissed by a jud…
Singaporean blogger detained by U.S. immigration officials
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Singaporean blogger who has stirred controversy in his home country is being detained by U.S. immigration officials, the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday.
Fort Worth officer in viral arrest video was ‘rude not racist’: chief
AUSTIN, 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 son is not a racist, the city’s police chief said on Friday.
Illinois 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.
Trump, taking a break from White House prep, tees off with Tiger Woods
WEST 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 Eisenhower: playing 18 holes of golf.
Massachusetts Muslim cemetery to go ahead after year-long fight
BOSTON (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 proposed the plan reached a deal, the two sides said on Friday.
Exclusive: FBI probes FDIC hack linked to China’s military – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI is investigating how hackers infiltrated computers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for several years beginning in 2010 in a breach senior FDIC officials believe was sponsored by China’s military, people with …
CIA chief warns against in-kind retaliation for Russian hacking: NPR
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan has warned the U.S. government against a tit-for-tat response to Russian hacking during the presidential election.
Suspect 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 Friday.
Exclusive: Chinese education giant helps its students game the SAT
LONDON/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – When the new SAT was given for the first time in March, the owner of the test took unprecedented steps to stop “bad actors” from collecting and circulating material from the all-important college entrance exam.
