Family lawyer calls black man’s accused shooter ‘George Zimmerman 2.0’
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A lawyer for the family of a man shot and killed in North Carolina called his accused killer “George Zimmerman 2.0” as the dead man’s mother pleaded on Thursday for an end to gun violence in the United States.
SEC charges San Francisco money manager with fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. regulator on Thursday charged Matrix Capital Markets LLC and its founder, Nicholas Mitsakos, with having fraudulently raised money from investors who were misled into believing the San Francisco firm was larger than it was a…
Mississippi woman gets 12 years for trying to aid Islamic State
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday sentenced a Mississippi woman to 12 years in prison for providing material support to Islamic State after she and her husband conspired with an undercover FBI employee to travel to Syria and aid the group’s media ca…
Lawsuit calls New Jersey stun gun ban unconstitutional
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gun rights group filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging a New Jersey law that bans private individuals from owning stun guns, Tasers and other electronic weapons as unconstitutional.
Man gets 51 years in prison for Seattle-area shooting spree
(Reuters) – A Seattle-area man was sentenced on Thursday to spend 51 years in prison after admitting to killing a 71-year-old man and spraying bullets at a woman during a shooting spree last year, prosecutors said.
Florida officer who killed retiree accused of prior excessive force
(Reuters) – A Florida police officer who mistakenly killed a 73-year-old woman during a role-play exercise this week has been the subject of excessive force complaints in the past, according to a police official and media reports.
Fire causes Motiva refinery in Louisiana to evacuate, oil product prices rise
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A fire at Motiva Enterprises LLC’s refinery in Louisiana on Thursday around midday forced workers to evacuate, local officials said, causing a key distillation unit to shut and boosting prices of oil products.
Colorado clinic shooter still mentally incompetent to stand trial: hospital
DENVER (Reuters) – A man accused of killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last year who was ruled incompetent to stand trial remains mentally unfit, according to a report from a mental hospital, a court official said on Thursd…
U.S. public pension plans take more risks to keep contributions low -study
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. public pension plans are taking more investment risks in an attempt to keep government contribution rates low, but ultimately that strategy could raise costs for taxpayers, a new study presented this week showed.
U.S. government shifts $81 million to Zika vaccine research
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has shifted $81 million in funds from other projects to continue work on developing vaccines to fight Zika in the absence of any funding from U.S. lawmakers.
