Massachusetts man sentenced for threats to bomb schools in four states
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man arrested last year for making a series of bomb threats to schools in four U.S. states in 2015 has been sentenced to three years probation, according to court filings.
Actor Judge Reinhold released from Dallas jail after airport disturbance
(Reuters) – Actor Judge Reinhold was released from a Dallas jail on Thursday night following his arrest for causing a disturbance at a local airport after refusing to be screened at a security checkpoint, police said on Friday.
N.Y. City to pay $600,000 in police brutality case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City has agreed to pay more than $600,000 to settle claims from a man who said he was brutally beaten by police officers nearly five years ago.
Polar vortex redux? U.S. forecasters say it could hit next week
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Forecasters are sending chills down some spines with a prediction that much of the northern half of the United States could see frigid weather next week similar to life-threatening lows the polar vortex brought to parts of the count…
Rivian Automotive to acquire shuttered Illinois plant: mayor
(Reuters) – Suburban Detroit-based Rivian Automotive is buying the former Mitsubishi Motors plant in Normal, Illinois, and plans to reopen it in about five years, the city’s mayor said on Friday.
Health agencies say Miami Beach no longer Zika transmission zone
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Florida Department of Health said on Friday that the Miami Beach area was no longer considered an active Zika transmission zone.
Activist Chicago priest reflects on city’s ‘shameful’ violent year
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A longtime activist Chicago priest who has marched in protests, attended vigils and delivered sermons decrying violence in the city’s most deadly year in nearly two decades, fears the surge in murders could continue into 2017.
Alabama executes man for 1994 convenience store killing
(Reuters) – Alabama executed a former Eagle scout on Thursday for a convenience store killing in 1994, the 20th person executed in the United States this year and the second in Alabama.
Ohio lawmakers approve college campus concealed-carry bill
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Ohio approved a bill on Friday that opens the way for licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons on college campuses, less than two weeks after a man injured 11 in a stabbing attack at Ohio State University.
For U.S. veterans, pipeline protest promises to galvanize activism
CANNON BALL/FORT YATES, N.D. (Reuters) – U.S. veterans, thousands of whom last week helped stop a contested oil pipeline running through North Dakota, could become important partners of activists on the environment, the economy, race and other issues t…
