New urgency for Cleveland security after France truck attack
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Cleveland on Friday set up concrete traffic dividers and tall metal fences around next week’s Republican National Convention site, measures meant to thwart an attacker like one in France who drove a truck into a crowd, killing mor…
White former Atlanta policeman charged in the death of unarmed black man
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A white former Atlanta police officer was charged on Friday in the shooting death of an unarmed black man who he said was fleeing the scene of a crime and put his life in danger, claims that were refuted by investigators, a prosecut…
Instigator of California meat-cleaver murder gets six years in prison
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former Swiss university professor who pleaded guilty to instigating the 1995 meat-cleaver murder of a man who she claimed raped her while she was a college student in California was sentenced on Friday to six years in prison.
Three UC Berkeley students wounded, one missing in Nice attack
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Three students on a study abroad program in France were wounded and another was missing in Thursday’s Bastille Day attack in Nice, the University of California, Berkeley, said on Friday.
Police find bombs in Arizona home of dead man blamed for Nevada blasts
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Police in Arizona have uncovered a cache of explosives and make-shift bombs in the mobile home belonging to a car bomb suspect killed earlier this week in rural Nevada, when the device he was carrying in his vehicle detonated, autho…
Fox’s Ailes asks NY court to compel ex-anchor Carlson to arbitrate
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes on Friday petitioned a federal court in Manhattan to compel former anchor Gretchen Carlson, who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him this month, to arbitrate her employment-related claims in N…
Ex-Guinea leader avoids U.S. prison term for smuggling cash
(Reuters) – An African general who served as Guinea’s transitional president for a year after a military coup, Sekouba Konate, avoided being sentenced to a U.S. prison on Friday for smuggling thousands of dollars into the United States.
Pages of U.S. 9/11 report detailing possible Saudi ties made public
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress on Friday released a long-classified section of the official report on the Sept. 11 attacks describing an array of potential links between some of the hijackers and officials in Saudi Arabia.
Dallas gunman struggled with marksmanship in training: ex-Army peer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The 25-year-old former U.S. Army reservist who shot dead five Dallas policemen in a racially motivated sniper attack was a poor marksman during basic training, a soldier who served with him said.
Former New York broker gets 6-1/2 years in prison for Ponzi scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former employee at a New York investment firm was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday after being convicted of participating in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded around 3,800 investors out of about $150 million.
