California shooters spoke of jihad as early as late 2013: FBI director
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The couple who killed 14 people in San Bernardino last week were radicalized before they met online and spoke of jihad and martyrdom to each other as early as late 2013, FBI director James Comey said on Wednesday.
United Airlines to serve free snacks in economy class
(Reuters) – United Airlines on Wednesday said it will offer free snacks on all flights starting February 2016, a departure for an industry that has moved toward charging for extra services.
Alabama faces discrimination probe for drivers license office cuts
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Transportation said on Wednesday it is investigating whether Alabama’s decision to cut back services at nearly three dozen drivers license offices in rural communities discriminated against black residents.
Third day of jury deliberation for Oklahoma ex-policeman charged with rape
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma jury began its third day of deliberations on Wednesday in the case of a former police officer accused of sexually assaulting 13 women while on duty.
Scams, ignorance burn foreign buyers of Detroit properties
DETROIT (Reuters) – Buying a property in Detroit a few years ago seemed like a steal for overseas investors – as little as a few thousand dollars would get them a house in a city that had hit rock bottom and could only see better times.
California shooters borrowed $28,000 before attack: source
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) – A married couple who killed 14 people in a California shooting rampage the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism borrowed about $28,000 from an online lender, a sum deposited into their bank account about two we…
Ex-police chief from Long Island arrested in beating: reports
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The FBI on Wednesday arrested James Burke, a former police chief of New York’s Suffolk County, for beating a man suspected of breaking into his car in the latest accusation against a U.S. law enforcement officer of violence, accord…
Georgia executes man for 1992 killing over forged checks
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia on Wednesday executed a man convicted in the 1992 murder of a family friend, state officials said, after he lost appeals based on the drug to be used in a lethal injection.
Colorado prosecutors set to charge accused Planned Parenthood shooter
DENVER (Reuters) – The man accused of shooting three people to death and wounding nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado was due in court on Wednesday to face formal charges expected to include multiple counts of first-degree murder.
Lynch says no indication California shooting couple were part of wider cell
LONDON (Reuters) – The United States has no indication that a couple who killed 14 people in California were part of a wider cell or that they planned more attacks, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Wednesday.
