Minnesota man accused of threatening FBI agents after friend’s arrest
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A Minnesota man was arrested on Friday on charges that he threatened federal agents and a judge this week after a friend was taken into custody and accused of conspiring to join Islamic State militants, prosecutors said.
U.S. court dismisses Franklin’s appeal of Stockton bankruptcy plan
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel dismissed on Friday an appeal of the confirmation plan that enabled the city of Stockton, California, to exit municipal bankruptcy.
Arkansas man had wanted to launch killing spree: police
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – An Arkansas man wanted to go on a killing spree when he drove onto a university campus with a pickup truck hauling propane tanks and armed with a shotgun, police said on Friday.
Qatari accused of enslaving servants in Texas, pleads guilty to lesser charge
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A military official from Qatar and his wife, accused by prosecutors of keeping two servants in slave-like conditions while they lived in Texas, face deportation after pleading guilty in federal court on Friday to lesser charges.
U.S. Homeland Security searching for two Afghan military trainees
(Reuters) – The U.S. government is still searching for two Afghan aircraft maintenance students who went missing this week while receiving training at a U.S. Air Force base in Georgia, and will revoke the men’s visas, officials said on Friday.
More rain to hit Pacific Northwest amid mudslide concerns
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A storm system moving across the western United States will bring heavy rain once again to the drenched Pacific Northwest and northern California on Friday, forecasts said, as officials warned of renewed mudslides and flooding follo…
Family of black man slain by police sues San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The family of a black man fatally shot by San Francisco police who suspected him of stabbing someone filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city on Friday.
What are the odds? Daily fantasy sports win reprieve in N.Y
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Leading daily fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings won a temporary reprieve allowing them to keep operating in New York through the New Year, reversing for now an order by a state judge to close the businesses in the sta…
San Bernardino, struck by attack, aims to keep bankruptcy on track
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif./LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A key San Bernardino bondholder and opponent of the California city’s proposed plan to exit bankruptcy offered this week to delay some proceedings in the case after last week’s devastating attack.
Up to $10 million in diamonds robbed from New York jeweler
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Up to $10 million in diamonds have been reported stolen from a New York jeweler who left them in an unlocked safe, police said on Friday.
