Exclusive: Common mobile software could have opened San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone
Feb 19 (Reuters) – – The legal showdown over U.S. demands that Apple Inc AAPL.O unlock an iPhone used by San Bernardino shooter Rizwan Farook might have been avoided if his employer, which owns the device, had equipped it with special mobile phone soft…
Widow of El Faro crew member seeks stronger oversight of ships
(Reuters) – The widow of one of the 33 crew members killed when the El Faro sank in a hurricane last fall called on Friday for stricter oversight of decisions by shipping companies and their captains to sail in adverse weather.
Virginia military base lifts lockdown after shots fired
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military’s Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia has lifted a lockdown on Friday that was imposed after shots were fired, the base said on Twitter.
Nashville, Tampa, Miami police unions urge boycotts of Beyonce shows
(Reuters) – Police unions in Nashville, Tampa and Miami are urging officers not to volunteer to work security at pop star Beyonce’s upcoming concerts in those cities, because of what they say was an anti-police message when she performed at the Super B…
Last of Louisiana’s ‘Angola Three’ inmates released
St. Francisville, La. (Reuters) – The last of three black inmates who spent decades in solitary confinement in Louisiana’s notorious Angola prison was released on Friday after pleading no contest to manslaughter in the 1972 death of a prison guard.
Hoverboards with counterfeit batteries seized at NY airport
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than a thousand hoverboards seized at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport were powered by counterfeit batteries that were potentially dangerous, U.S. customs officials said on Friday, highlighting concerns about the safety of t…
Driver was not texting, so heroin must be suppressed: appeals court
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court suppressed evidence of heroin found in the car of a driver pulled over in Indiana on suspicion of texting while driving, blaming a “largely inefficacious” state law that lets drivers use cellphones so long as they do no…
At least one killed, dozens injured in Texas prison bus crash
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and dozens more injured when a Texas prison bus collided with a pickup truck in central Texas on Friday, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.
Illinois judge to decide jurisdiction over Cruz eligibility complaint
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois judge on Friday said she would decide next month whether she had jurisdiction over a voter’s complaint that Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz should not be on the state’s primary ballot because he was born in Ca…
Protesters in Flint demand new pipes in response to water crisis
FLINT, Mich. (Reuters) – More than 500 protesters led by civil rights activist Jesse Jackson marched to the Flint water plant on Friday to demand clean water and the replacement of corroding pipes in response to the city’s lead contamination crisis.
