Lebanese man charged in Brooklyn over U.S. currency counterfeiting plot
(Reuters) – A Lebanese man has been charged in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, with a leadership role in a scheme to distribute counterfeit U.S. currency, the Justice Department said on Tuesday.
More charges possible for three men arrested after Florida club shooting
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Three men arrested for resisting authorities near the scene a nightclub shooting where two teenagers were killed are persons of interest in the investigation and could see further charges, authorities said on Tuesday.
U.S. Coast Guard responding to oil spill at Lake Grande Ecaille, Louisiana
(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday it is responding to a crude oil spill from an abandoned flow line near Lake Grande Ecaille, Louisiana.
Charges dropped against anti-abortion activists for Texas video
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Houston-area prosecutors dropped charges on Tuesday against two anti-abortion activists indicted for using illegal government identifications to secretly film a Texas Planned Parenthood facility, saying they could not adequate…
Arkansas funeral planned for gunman in Baton Rouge police ambush
(Reuters) – The former U.S. Marine who killed three policemen in an ambush in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this month before he was fatally shot by police will be buried near his mother’s home town in Arkansas, a funeral home owner said on Tuesday.
Behind Democrats’ email leak, U.S. experts see a Russian subplot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If the Russian government is behind the theft and release of embarrassing emails from the Democratic Party, as U.S. officials have suggested, it may reflect less a love of Donald Trump or enmity for Hillary Clinton than a desire …
Los Angeles police officer hurt during gun fight: police
(Reuters) – A police officer in Los Angeles was injured during a gun fight on the southeast side of the city late on Monday, the department said, though it was unclear if he had been shot.
Many U.S. states, cities, missing chance of lifetime to borrow
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The 1923 middle school building in Oregon’s Corbett School District is so old that horses and trailers were used to dig the basement. It floods every winter, the building has no sprinkler system, and there is asbestos…
Residents begin returning home after Los Angeles wildfire
ACTON, Calif. (Reuters) – Thousands of California residents were allowed to returned home on Monday after a deadly, destructive wildfire forced them from their houses in recent days as it raged through drought-parched canyons and foothills north of Los…
Washington State football players investigated for assault: reports
SEATTLE (Reuters) – At least six Washington State University football players were being investigated for assault after a fight at a weekend party left two students hospitalized, the Spokesman-Review newspaper reported on Monday.
