New Jersey man gets 15 years in prison for role in Islamic State plot
NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) – A New Jersey man was sentenced on Tuesday to a maximum 15 years in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to support Islamic State that prosecutors say involved six men in New York and New Jersey.
Florida man accidentally shoots himself, notices two days later
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A man accidentally shot himself in the arm while cleaning his gun but did not notice until two days later, according to Florida police.
Dallas woman dies after being mauled by pack of dogs in city
DALLAS (Reuters) – A 52-year-old woman bitten more than 100 times by a pack of dogs last week in a Dallas neighborhood has died, the county medical examiner said on Tuesday.
Boy, 11, charged with hate crime in torching of New York yeshiva bus
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An 11-year-old boy has been charged with hate crimes and police were searching for five other youths suspected of helping torch a school bus outside a Jewish school in Brooklyn, a spokeswoman for the New York Police Department said…
Eight passengers taken to hospital in Orlando after turbulent flight
(Reuters) – Eight passengers were injured on Monday when their JetBlue Airways flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Orlando experienced turbulence, the airline and media said.
Window washers rescued from broken scaffold 15 stories over New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two window washers who were left dangling when their scaffolding broke high above New York City’s streets on Tuesday were rescued through a 15th story window, a fire department spokesman said.
South Carolina military college refuses request to wear hijab
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A Muslim student will not be allowed to wear a hijab with her uniform at the Citadel military college in South Carolina should she decide to enroll this fall, the school’s president said on Tuesday.
Prosecutor asks for sentences below the maximum in LuxLeaks trial
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Luxembourg’s prosecutor asked on Tuesday for penalties well below the maximum for two former accounting firm employees who leaked data about its tax deals with large corporations in the so-called “LuxLeaks” affair.
Uber drivers, if employees, owed $730 million more: U.S. court papers
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Drivers who worked for ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] in California and Massachusetts over the past seven years would have been entitled to an estimated $730 million in expense reimbursements had they been employees rathe…
U.S. investigates security of mobile devices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission have asked mobile phone carriers and manufacturers to explain how they release security updates amid mounting concerns over security vulnerabilities, the U.S. age…
