U.S. authorities warn of al Qaeda threat to election
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal officials have warned authorities in New York City, Texas and Virginia about an unspecific threat of attacks by al Qaeda militants around Election Day, putting local law enforcement on alert days before the vote, officials …
U.S. judge bars Colorado from enforcing law banning voter ‘selfies’
DENVER (Reuters) – A federal judge in Colorado blocked enforcement of a 19th-century state law that bans voters from showing a completed ballot to others, the latest in a flurry of mixed legal rulings on whether to restrict election “selfies” on social…
Body found on South Carolina property after kidnap victim rescued
(Reuters) – Authorities on Friday discovered a body on a South Carolina property where they were investigating claims by a woman who was found chained in a storage container there that there were four bodies buried on the site, authorities said on Frid…
Chelsea Manning attempted suicide second time in prison, attorney says
(Reuters) – U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning, who is serving 35 years in prison for passing classified files to WikiLeaks, attempted suicide last month for the second time, her attorney said on Friday.
Witness says Penn State’s Sandusky molested him in 2001
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (Reuters) – A 29-year-old man told a Pennsylvania court on Friday that Jerry Sandusky molested him as a boy in 2001, even though he admitted he had denied that the former Penn State football coach abused him during the investigation of …
Three injured, including suspect, in Rutgers University stabbing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two people were stabbed and their suspected attacker was injured at Rutgers University’s business school in New Jersey on Friday, the school said.
Arizona ‘jihadist’ gets eight years in prison for terror bomb plot
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona teenager who the FBI has said professed to be an “American jihadist” was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime on probation, for plotting to bomb a state motor vehicle office.
Kentucky clerk opposed to gay marriage fights attempts to recoup legal fees
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples is fighting efforts to force her to pay the more than $230,000 in legal costs faced by those who sued her.
U.S. safety board opens probe into Colonial Pipeline accident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Friday it had opened an investigation into the Colonial Pipeline Co accident in Helena, Alabama, which killed one worker and seriously injured four others.
Rolling Stone liable for defamation in campus rape story
(Reuters) – A federal jury on Friday found Rolling Stone magazine liable of defaming a University of Virginia administrator by publishing a story it later retracted about an alleged gang rape at the school.
