A&E network cancels ‘Escaping the KKK’ documentary over cash payments
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The A&E cable television network said on Saturday it has canceled an upcoming documentary about efforts to help Ku Klux Klan members break away from the hate group, after learning cash payments were made “to facilitate access” to the film’s subjects.
FBI warns of possible Islamic State-inspired attacks in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. federal authorities cautioned local law enforcement on Friday to be aware that supporters of Islamic State have been calling for their sympathizers to attack holiday gatherings in the United States, including churches, a law…
Santa Claus on track to deliver gifts despite storm: U.S. military
DENVER (Reuters) – A powerful Christmas Eve snowstorm descending on much of North America will not slow Santa Claus as he delivers presents to good girls and boys, U.S. military officials who track his annual flight said on Saturday.
Pennsylvania parents accused of starving, abusing three children
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania couple tried to starve their three children to death because the father no longer wanted them, state police said in charges filed this week.
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.
