N.Y. Mets owners reach revised deal with Madoff trustee
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The owners of the New York Mets baseball team have reached a revised agreement with the trustee seeking to recoup money for the victims of Bernard Madoff’s fraud that gives them more time to pay up to $61 million, the parties annou…
September 11 suspect asks that U.S. judge step down, cites evidence destruction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military judge overseeing the trial of the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks should step down and the case should be scrapped because he effectively conspired with prosecutors to destroy evidence, defense lawyer…
Prosecutors sue to recover life insurance held by San Bernardino shooter
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture action on Tuesday seeking to seize the proceeds of two life insurance policies held by Syed Rizwan Farook, who with his wife killed 14 people in a shooting rampage in San Bernardino, …
Judge ‘inclined’ to make Arizona county pay racial profiling victims
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday said he was inclined to order an Arizona county to pay restitution to hundreds of Latino drivers who were illegally stopped and detained by deputies working for Phoenix area Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Two U.S. service members injured in Iraq, Syria: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. service members were injured over the weekend, one each in Iraq and Syria, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday.
Doctors credit fitness for helping California woman survive shark attack
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A woman bitten by a shark off the coast of Southern California suffered a single chomp from her shoulder to her pelvis and survived largely because she was physically fit enough to tread water until she was rescued, doctors sai…
Actor Michael Jace of TV’s ‘The Shield’ convicted of murdering wife
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor Michael Jace, best known for his role as a policeman on the TV drama “The Shield,” was convicted by a jury on Tuesday of second-degree murder for fatally shooting his wife in 2014 in front of the couple’s two children at t…
U.S. men made persistent efforts to join Islamic State: prosecutor
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Three Somali-American men from Minnesota made persistent efforts to join Islamic State militants in Syria and conspired to help the group, a prosecutor said in closing arguments on Tuesday in their federal jury trial.
Ex-Illinois police officer found guilty in murder-for-hire trial
(Reuters) – Drew Peterson, a former Chicago-area police officer imprisoned for murdering his wife, was found guilty on Tuesday of trying to hire someone in 2014 to kill the prosecutor who convicted him, prosecutors said.
U.S. court says no warrant needed for cellphone location data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police do not need a warrant to obtain a person’s cellphone location data held by wireless carriers, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday, dealing a setback to privacy advocates.
