Washington state man indicted over death threats to human tissue supplier
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Washington state man was indicted on Thursday for making online death threats against a biotech company that supplies human tissue to researchers and has former ties to Planned Parenthood, a U.S. attorney said.
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 California, but most were deemed to be hoaxes and schools opened.
New Jersey lawmakers push state casino gambling expansion
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey lawmakers advanced separate pieces of legislation on Thursday that would expand casinos beyond Atlantic City, the state’s struggling gambling hub.
Manhunt for Texas affluenza teen after he apparently goes missing
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – A manhunt was underway on Thursday for a wealthy Texas teenager, described at trial as being afflicted with “affluenza,” who apparently fled to avoid violating a probation deal that kept him out of prison for killing four in a drunken-driving crash.
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.
