Florida tests more than 200 residents in Zika probe
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Health authorities in Florida have tested about 200 people for the Zika virus as part of the state’s investigation of two possible cases of infections not related to travel to a region hit by an outbreak, officials said on Friday.
Three Florida men charged with attempting to support Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three Florida men were charged on Friday with attempting to support Islamic State, the latest in a string of similar U.S. prosecutions in recent years.
Two Florida officers on leave after shooting of unarmed black man
MIAMI (Reuters) – Two Florida police officers have been placed on leave after an unarmed black man seen on cellphone video with his hands in the air was shot and wounded this week, North Miami’s city manager said on Friday.
Former Ku Klux Klan leader Duke runs for U.S. Senate in Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – David Duke, a former leader of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan, launched his candidacy on Friday for the U.S. Senate from Louisiana, saying white people are threatened in America and that he hears echoes of his views in …
Michigan courthouse shooter vowed in a letter to escape or die
(Reuters) – A Michigan inmate who was killed last week after he grabbed an officer’s gun in a courthouse and shot dead two bailiffs had earlier written a letter to his ex-wife vowing to escape or to die trying, the sheriff’s department said on Friday.
Deal struck for New Jersey gasoline tax increase to fund road projects
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey’s two top Democratic leaders said on Friday that they reached an agreement on raising the state gasoline tax to pay for road, bridge and mass transit projects.
Convicted spy Pollard urges reversal of U.S. parole conditions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy U.S intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel, asked a judge on Friday to overturn restrictive probation conditions imposed when he was released in November after serving 30 years in p…
U.S. charges three people in $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice unveiled its largest-ever criminal healthcare fraud case against individuals on Friday, charging the owner of Miami-based assisted living facilities and two others in a $1 billion scheme to swindle …
U.S. asks phone companies to provide ‘robocall’ blocking technology
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Friday pressed major U.S. phone companies to take immediate steps to make technology that blocks unwanted automated calls available to consumers at no charge.
University of California may curb ‘study abroad’ program after student deaths
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The University of California could curb some of its ‘study abroad’ programs as the deaths of two UC Berkeley students overseas in separate terrorist attacks over a period of two weeks raised questions about the safety of …
