Michigan Governor Snyder to testify at House hearing on Flint
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Michigan Governor Rick Snyder will testify at a House oversight committee hearing on March 17 on the Flint, Michigan, drinking water crisis, the panel said on Thursday.
Apple unlocking case not ‘trailblazer’ for precedent: FBI chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The case involving a court order demanding Apple help the FBI unlock the iPhone linked to one of the San Bernardino shooters is “unlikely to be a trailblazer” for setting a precedent for other cases, FBI Director James Comey told…
Rough waters strand fishing vessel, capsize rescue boat off New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rough seas and dense fog stranded a 76-foot commercial fishing vessel off New York’s Rockaway Beach, about 13 miles southeast of downtown Manhattan, and capsized a U.S. Coast Guard boat that rushed to help on Thursday, but no one w…
Apple CEO: Unlocking San Bernardino iPhone would be ‘bad for America’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Apple chief Tim Cook on Wednesday said that complying with a court order to help the FBI break into an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters would be “bad for America,” and set a legal precedent that would offend…
Charges dropped against five teens accused of New York gang rape
(Reuters) – A New York City prosecutor said he was moving to dismiss charges against five teenagers accused of raping an 18-year-old woman on a Brooklyn playground after the alleged victim recanted the accusations she was assaulted at gunpoint.
Storm kills 4 in Virginia day after Gulf Coast tornadoes
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – Violent thunderstorms and tornadoes lashed the U.S. Southeast and mid-Atlantic region on Wednesday, killing at least four people in Virginia a day after twisters claimed three lives along the Gulf Coast, authorities said.
Oregon refuge protesters plead not guilty; more charges likely
(Reuters) – Protesters of a six-week armed occupation at a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of conspiring to impede federal officers policing the compound, a sign the long-simmering fight over federal control of…
Donations roll in for 97-year-old California woman facing eviction
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A 97-year-old San Francisco Bay Area great-grandmother facing eviction after 66 years in her rented home has received thousands of dollars in donations from people who see her plight as an example of growing economic inequity …
Connecticut prosecutors ask court to order Kennedy kin back to jail
(Reuters) – Connecticut prosecutors asked the state’s top court on Wednesday to return Kennedy family member Michael Skakel to prison to serve the last nine years of a sentence imposed after he was convicted of murdering a friend four decades ago.
Former Marine pleads guilty to killing girlfriend in Panama
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A former U.S. marine whose American girlfriend disappeared in 2011 while the couple lived in Panama pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murdering and dismembering her, federal prosecutors said.
