New-born daughter of slain Kansas woman found alive in Texas
(Reuters) – An eight-day-old girl who went missing this week after her mother was shot dead in Kansas has been discovered unharmed by law enforcement officials hundreds of miles away in Texas, police said on Saturday.
Three crew members, patient die in Nevada ambulance plane crash: media
(Reuters) – Three crew members and a patient were killed when their ambulance plane crashed in northeastern Nevada on Friday, local media reported.
Venezuelan first lady’s nephews convicted in U.S. drug trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady were found guilty on Friday on U.S. charges that they tried to carry out a multimillion-dollar drug deal to obtain a large amount of cash to help their family stay in power.
Massachusetts man convicted of fraud over ‘Kung Fu Panda’ drawings, lawsuit
(Reuters) – A Massachusetts man was found guilty by a federal jury on Friday of back-dating drawings he relied on as evidence in his lawsuit against DreamWorks Animation that claimed he had invented the title character in the 2008 film “Kung Fu Panda.”…
FBI, police search for newborn daughter of slain Kansas woman
(Reuters) – FBI agents have joined police in Wichita, Kansas, in the search for a week-old infant girl reported missing by her father when he arrived home to find the mother shot to death in their home and the baby gone, police said on Friday.
Illinois man sentenced for trying to join Islamic State
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A would-be Islamic State recruit who worked in a Chicago-area hardware store was sentenced on Friday to more than three years in prison for seeking to join the militant group, federal prosecutors said.
New York City says no permanent ban on traffic near Trump Tower
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City has no plans to close the Manhattan streets surrounding Trump Tower on a permanent basis even though President-elect Donald Trump is expected to spend much of his time there ahead of his inauguration, officials said o…
Pioneering U.S. heart surgeon, Denton Cooley, dies at 96
(Reuters) – Dr. Denton Cooley, who sparked controversy and a feud with another pioneering heart surgeon when he performed the world’s first artificial heart implant in 1969, died on Friday at the age of 96, the Texas Heart Institute said.
U.S. appeals court upholds local ‘right-to-work’ law in Kentucky
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court upheld a Kentucky county’s so-called right-to-work ordinance on Friday, clearing the way for local-level laws that restrict labor unions’ role in the workplace.
A surge in U.S. deportations could swamp an overtaxed system
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to rapidly deport 2 to 3 million illegal immigrants with criminal records would further tax a system already stretched to its limits, current and former U.S. immigration officials say.
