Terminal at New York’s LaGuardia reopened after evacuation: media
(Reuters) – U.S. authorities reopened a terminal at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Friday after an abandoned vehicle prompted its evacuation, media reported.
Ex-U.S. Representative Weiner probed after report of teen girl chats
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors and New York police are investigating former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner following a media report that he engaged in sexually-explicit cellphone and online messages with a 15-year-old girl, officials said…
Tulsa officer charged with manslaughter for fatal shooting seen on video
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – The white Tulsa police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man whose car had broken down and blocked a road was charged with first degree manslaughter on Thursday and a warrant has been issued for her arrest.
Gunman kills two, takes own life at Tennessee factory
(Reuters) – A gunman opened fire on his co-workers at a manufacturing plant in eastern Tennessee on Thursday, killing two people before taking his own life, police said.
Image purported to be Michelle Obama’s passport posted online
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An image purported to be a scanned copy of U.S. first lady Michelle Obama’s passport was leaked online on Thursday alongside personal emails said to belong to a low-level White House staffer who worked with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Exclusive: Probe of leaked U.S. NSA hacking tools examines operative’s ‘mistake’
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. investigation into a leak of hacking tools used by the National Security Agency is focusing on a theory that one of its operatives carelessly left them available on a remote computer and Russian hackers found…
Satanic Temple finds home at site of former Massachusetts witch trials
SALEM, Mass. (Reuters) – The new international headquarters for the Satanic Temple, which says its mission is to promote separation of church and state not devil worship, opened to the public on Thursday in a Massachusetts city known historically for p…
Ex-Cuomo advisers, others charged in New York corruption cases
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal and state prosecutors on Thursday announced charges against 10 men, including two onetime senior advisers to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, in corruption and fraud cases involving state contracts worth hundreds of millions…
Three Phoenix policemen resign after making motorist eat marijuana
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Three Phoenix policemen resigned on Thursday after two of them forced a 19-year-old motorist to eat marijuana found during a traffic stop, the city’s police chief said.
Anti-UAW worker group at VW Tennessee plant loses representation
DETROIT (Reuters) – A worker group created as an alternative to the United Auto Workers union at Volkswagen AG’s plant in Tennessee has failed to meet minimum membership requirements under the German automaker’s labor policy, VW said on Thursday.
