New York City has 1,100 vacant lots amid affordable housing crisis: audit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City owns more than 1,100 vacant lots and has failed to act quickly enough to develop affordable housing on those properties, the city’s comptroller said on Thursday.
Illinois police step up patrols after Chicago highway shootings surge
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois State Police launched increased patrols on highways in the Chicago area and deployed undercover officers this week to try to stop a surge in shootings on expressways that traverse the city.
Obama announces historic Cuba visit, Republicans fume
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with dissidents when he makes a historic visit to Cuba next month, the White House said on Thursday, but Republicans complained that the trip would only lend legitimacy to the island’s…
Serial stowaway arrested, again, at Chicago’s O’Hare
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A woman who is barred from airports around the country due to multiple attempts to sneak past security checkpoints and board flights without a ticket will appear in court on trespassing charges on Thursday after being arrested at Ch…
FBI searches home of brother of San Bernardino shooter Farook
(Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation searched the Southern California home of the brother of one of the shooters in the Dec. 2 San Bernardino attack, a law enforcement source close to the investigation said on Thursday.
Wisconsin blocks federal funds from reaching Planned Parenthood
(Reuters) – Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker signed two bills into law on Thursday that block federal funding from Planned Parenthood and could cost the local organization millions of dollars.
Top New York law officials call Apple’s encryption stance irresponsible
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two of New York City’s top law enforcement officials accused Apple Inc of being irresponsible by refusing to help the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation hack into an iPhone recovered from one of the two shooters who killed 14 peo…
Ohio tests 10,000 rape kits to clear backlogs, hundreds indicted
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An effort Ohio launched about five years ago to manage its backlog of rape kits has resulted in more than 10,000 tests to recover physical evidence and led to at least 445 indictments, the state Attorney General’s office said on T…
Former New Jersey governors demand new probe into couple’s deaths
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three former governors of New Jersey are demanding that the state reopen a criminal investigation into the deaths of a hospital chief executive and his wife, which were ruled murder-suicide.
Privacy versus security at heart of Apple phone decrypt order
(Reuters) – A court order demanding that Apple Inc help the U.S. government unlock the encrypted iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters is shaping up as a crucial test case of how far the government can go in forcing technology companies to help …
