Oklahoma ex-patrolman to be arraigned for traffic-stop sexual assaults
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma judge on Thursday allowed a case to proceed against a former Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer accused of pulling over three women at separate traffic stops and sexually assaulting them, a legal official said.
Guard at N.Y.’s Rikers Island charged with smuggling drugs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A correction officer at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex has been charged with smuggling synthetic marijuana, also known as “K2,” into the facility.
Charges brought against four protesters still occupying Oregon wildlife refuge
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Four anti-government activists still occupying a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon have been indicted along with 12 others previously arrested on charges of conspiring to impede federal officers during a month-long armed standof…
Ahead of Super Bowl, officials unveil $39 million counterfeit haul
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A year-long operation targeting counterfeit sporting goods resulted in the seizure of $39 million worth of merchandise, including about half a million dollars-worth in the Bay Area ahead of Super Bowl 50, U.S. officials said o…
Fantasy sports legal in Rhode Island, attorney general says
(Reuters) – Paid fantasy sports games are legal in Rhode Island, the state’s attorney general said on Thursday, urging legislators to develop laws to regulate the fast-growing industry.
Six bodies found in a Chicago house; police investigate homicide
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The bodies of five adults and a child were found on Thursday in a house in south Chicago and their deaths were being investigated as homicide, police said.
New York City mayor wants city retirement system for private employees
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s mayor Bill de Blasio will call for a city-run retirement system for private sector employees in his annual keynote address on Thursday.
U.S. signs up 12.7 million Americans for Obamacare health insurance
NEW YORK (Reuters) – About 12.7 million Americans signed up for 2016 health insurance coverage through the government insurance exchanges, surpassing its expectations, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said on Thursday.
Virginia Tech students plotted to kidnap and kill girl: reports
(Reuters) – Two Virginia Tech students plotted to kill a 13-year-old girl, buying a shovel and loading her body into the trunk of a Lexus before dumping it in a remote location, a prosecutor said on Thursday, according to media reports.
First wrongful death claim filed over California methane leak
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Methane fumes spewing from a ruptured underground pipeline near a Los Angeles neighborhood hastened the demise of an elderly woman already suffering from lung cancer, her family said in the first wrongful death claim stemming fr…
