Mistrial declared in corruption case against ex-Los Angeles sheriff
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A federal judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the obstruction of justice case against former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, ruling that jurors were hopelessly deadlocked, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office sai…
Passenger removed from flight after confrontation with Ivanka Trump
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A JetBlue airline passenger, who media outlets and a witness described as making angry remarks at the sight of Ivanka Trump on his flight, was removed from the plane on Thursday by the airline.
Blacks arrested in Colorado at three times the population rate
DENVER (Reuters) – African-American men and women in Colorado were disproportionately arrested or issued citations last year, and were more likely to be sentenced to prison than other racial groups, according to a state-commissioned study released on T…
New Jersey man groped woman on flight, then wrote apology note: prosecutors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey man groped a woman during a transcontinental flight and then apologized in a pair of notes in which he acknowledged his actions were “stupid,” U.S. authorities said on Thursday.
Uber takes self-driving cars to Arizona after California demands permit
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday removed its self-driving test cars from California and put them on trucks bound for Arizona, shuttering the autonomous vehicle project in its home state after a week-long battle with regulator…
Florida court ruling may spare scores on death row from execution
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – The Florida Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for scores of death row inmates to receive new sentencing hearings, while denying such relief in older cases, in a set of rulings likely to fuel the U.S. debate about fairnes…
Mobile phone company to pay $30 million in U.S. fraud case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A KDDI Corp mobile phone unit has agreed to pay $30 million to resolve U.S. government claims that it defrauded a low-income subsidy program by seeking reimbursement for ineligible consumers, prosecutors said on Thursday.
High winds, heavy traffic cause delays at Los Angeles airport
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Holiday travel at Los Angeles International Airport was snarled in a bottleneck of high volume and bad weather on Thursday, a spokesman for the facility said, as LAX became the nation’s most troubled airline hub ahead of Christm…
Video of Texas mother’s arrest starts social media storm
DALLAS (Reuters) – A video showing a white Fort Worth police officer in an escalating argument with a black woman he took into custody along with the woman’s daughter touched off a social media storm on Thursday, stoking a debate on race and U.S. polic…
Bathroom law battles loom in more states after North Carolina controversy
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The storm over legislation seen as targeting transgender people is set to intensify in 2017 with several U.S. states proposing measures similar to a bathroom restriction statute in North Carolina that has prompted protests, la…
