Funeral for slain Baton Rouge police officer draws thousands
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – Police officers from across the United States were among several thousand mourners gathered at a church in Louisiana’s state capital on Friday for the first of three funerals for policemen killed this week by an Iraq war ve…
Pennsylvania lawyer gets six months in prison for insider trading
(Reuters) – A former partner at the law firm Fox Rothschild was sentenced on Friday to six months in prison for trading on inside information that a client at his law firm was about to announce a merger, prosecutors said.
First baby with Zika-related birth defect born in New York City
(Reuters) – New York City has reported its first case of a baby born with the birth defect microcephaly related to exposure to the Zika virus, health officials said on Friday.
New York pizzeria owner, son guilty in U.S. drug case tied to Italian mafia
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York pizzeria owner and his son were found guilty on Friday of importing over 50 kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Costa Rica, in a case born out of a probe into an Italian organized crime group’s drug traffick…
Florida tests more than 200 residents in Zika probe
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Health authorities in Florida have tested about 200 people for the Zika virus as part of the state’s investigation of two possible cases of infections not related to travel to a region hit by an outbreak, officials said on Friday.
Three Florida men charged with attempting to support Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three Florida men were charged on Friday with attempting to support Islamic State, the latest in a string of similar U.S. prosecutions in recent years.
Two Florida officers on leave after shooting of unarmed black man
MIAMI (Reuters) – Two Florida police officers have been placed on leave after an unarmed black man seen on cellphone video with his hands in the air was shot and wounded this week, North Miami’s city manager said on Friday.
Former Ku Klux Klan leader Duke runs for U.S. Senate in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – David Duke, a former leader of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan, launched his candidacy on Friday for the U.S. Senate from Louisiana, saying white people are threatened in America and that he hears echoes of his views in …
Michigan courthouse shooter vowed in a letter to escape or die
(Reuters) – A Michigan inmate who was killed last week after he grabbed an officer’s gun in a courthouse and shot dead two bailiffs had earlier written a letter to his ex-wife vowing to escape or to die trying, the sheriff’s department said on Friday.
Deal struck for New Jersey gasoline tax increase to fund road projects
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey’s two top Democratic leaders said on Friday that they reached an agreement on raising the state gasoline tax to pay for road, bridge and mass transit projects.
