Pennsylvania special prosecutor warns attorney general to expect scrutiny
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A special prosecutor named by Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane to determine whether state officials broke any laws in sending or receiving thousands of inappropriate emails won’t shy away from scrutinizing Kane he…
Chicago Mayor Emanuel meets with federal officials about police
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday met with federal officials on their investigation into the city’s police, more than three weeks after a video showing the fatal shooting of a black teenager prompted calls for the mayor to resi…
California shooters’ ex-neighbor charged with supporting terrorists
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former neighbor suspected of supplying guns to the married couple who massacred 14 people in San Bernardino, California, was charged on Thursday with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, the U.S. Ju…
Arkansas ex-prison chaplain charged with sexually assaulting inmates
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A former Arkansas prison chaplain was charged on Thursday with 50 counts of sexual assault on suspicion of pressuring three inmates at a women’s state prison into providing him sexual favors, authorities said.
Half of U.S. states have towns, cities scoring high on LGBT index
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Towns and cities in half of the United States’ 50 states earned perfect scores in an index measuring their treatment of LGBT people, a mark of progress for the historically discriminated community, an advocacy gr…
California college gunman found unfit to stand trial
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A former California nursing student charged with seven counts of murder in a 2012 shooting rampage at a Christian college was found mentally unfit to stand trial on Thursday, officials said.
Obama says no ‘credible’ info of pending attack on U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday U.S. intelligence professionals did not have any specific or credible information about a pending attack on the United States and Americans would prevail over the threat of terrorism.
NYC’s mayor launches new program to help quell tide of homelessness
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mayor Bill de Blasio launched a new program on Thursday to reduce New York’s rising population of people living on the streets, following criticism of his handling of the issue and days after the abrupt departure of his top advisor…
California man, 22, accused of trying to join al-Nusrah Front
(Reuters) – A 22-year-old man from Fremont, California, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of attempting to provide material support or resources to the al-Nusrah Front insurgent group in Syria, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday.
Schools around U.S. receive hoax threats; two arrested in Indiana
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A rash of email and phone threats of violence hit schools on Thursday from New Jersey to Washington, D.C., and from Florida to Texas, but most were deemed to be hoaxes and schools opened.
