Suspended USC football player charged with rape in Utah
(Reuters) – A University of Southern California football player was charged in Utah on Thursday with raping a 19-year-old woman in July, according to court documents.
Police arrest 13 at U.S. Interior Dept. oil, gas lease protest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police arrested 13 activists on Thursday who were protesting oil and natural gas leasing on federal lands at the U.S. Department of the Interior, the agency responsible for auctioning rights to drill.
Two arrested in Georgia for false clown-sighting reports: police
(Reuters) – Two people were in jail in Georgia on Thursday for calling 911 with fake reports of clowns trying to lure children into a van, according to police and local media, as claims of such sightings spread to a third Southern state.
Ex-Italian politician gets four years in U.S. prison in arms deal case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Italian politician was sentenced on Thursday to four years in a U.S. prison for conspiring with others to sell $15 million worth of weapons to undercover informants posing as Colombian rebels.
Virginia governor’s bid to restore felon voting rights advances
(Reuters) – The Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican bid to have Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe held in contempt for his continued effort to restore voting rights to about 206,000 felons.
‘Heartless’ U.S. mortgage modification scheme leads to 16-year prison term
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A California man was sentenced on Thursday to 16 years in prison for his role in what prosecutors said was the largest mortgage modification scheme ever prosecuted, involving more than 30,000 homeowners defrauded out of $31 million…
SEC’s Miami win likely to embolden muni crackdown: lawyers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s courtroom victory in a fraud case against the City of Miami will likely further embolden the agency in its years-long effort to more tightly regulate the $3.7 trillion municipal bond ma…
FBI’s 2007 impersonation of journalist valid at time: U.S. watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI did not break rules in place in 2007 when it impersonated a journalist to send a teenage bomb-threat suspect a computer link to a fake news article that concealed location tracking software, a government watchdog said on …
Fiat Chrysler recalling 1.9 million vehicles for air bag defect
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said on Thursday it is recalling 1.9 million vehicles worldwide for an air bag defect that is linked to three deaths and five injuries.
Baidu receives approval from California DMV to test self-driving cars
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – China-based internet company Baidu has received a permit to test its self-driving cars in California from the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles, as the race to introduce driverless automobiles accelerates.
