Ohio sheriff says family massacre not linked to drug cartel: report
(Reuters) – Officials investigating the execution-style killings of eight family members in rural Ohio six months ago have ruled out the involvement of a Mexican drug cartel and now believe whoever committed the crimes was likely from the area, local m…
Man accused of leaving a bomb near a Colorado police dept arrested
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A man who authorities say left an improvised explosive device that failed to detonate outside a small police station in Nederland, Colorado was arrested in Chicago over the weekend, law enforcement officials said.
Rights groups request U.S. probe police use of facial recognition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fifty civil rights groups signed a letter asking the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday to investigate police use of facial-recognition databases, arguing the technology disproportionately affects minorities and has minimal ov…
Iran sentences two U.S. citizens to 10 years in prison
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father to 10 years in prison on charges of cooperating with the United States, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, the latest sign of an intensif…
Former Virginia dean accuses Rolling Stone of defamation in trial
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – An attorney for a former associate dean of students at the University of Virginia accused Rolling Stone magazine of defaming her in a retracted 2014 story about an alleged gang rape on campus in the first day of a feder…
U.S. social security benefits to rise 0.3 percent in 2017
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retirees will receive a 0.3 percent increase in their Social Security checks in 2017, the Social Security Administration said on Tuesday.
New York City college student died fighting for Islamic State: U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City college student died last November fighting for Islamic State in Syria, where he had traveled earlier in the year with the assistance of an Arizona man he met online, according to U.S. prosecutors.
NTSB blames crew, charter company for deadly business jet crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal safety board on Tuesday blamed a Florida-based air charter company and its flight crew for the crash of a Hawker 700 business jet that killed nine passengers and crew when it plowed into an apartment building last year….
Pennsylvania town’s mayor quits after racist anti-Obama posts
(Reuters) – The mayor of a small Pennsylvania town is resigning after sparking outrage by posting images on his Facebook page comparing President Barack Obama and his family to apes and referencing a noose.
How Trump, Clinton would fix the ‘crazy’ U.S. health system
(Reuters) – When former President Bill Clinton called parts of Obamacare “crazy,” he put his wife Hillary Clinton on the defensive and gave much-needed ammunition to her Republican rival for the presidency, Donald Trump, who wants to scrap it.
