FBI looking into $28,500 deposit in California shooters’ account: source
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Syed Rizwan Farook recently took out a $28,500 loan from an online lender, a source said on Tuesday, before he and his wife killed 14 of his co-workers at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California.
Arizona man accused of killing ex-girlfriend with hammer, knife
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A Phoenix man has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder after authorities said he lured his ex-girlfriend to his bedroom with the promise of a gift and attacked her with a roofing hammer and knife, court documents showed…
Chicago police commander on trial for putting gun in suspect’s mouth
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago police commander who had been praised for his crime fighting in some of the city’s roughest neighborhoods “crossed the line” into criminal conduct when he put a gun in a suspect’s mouth, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.
N.Y. politician extorted businesses to pay son: prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos used his official position to cajole companies into giving his son Adam consulting payments, a “no-show” job and a check all worth about $300,000 in exchange for his politica…
About 40 injured in school bus crash in Texas capital
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – About 40 people, 33 of them children, were injured in a school bus crash in Austin on Tuesday, emergency officials in the Texas capital said.
Denver policeman shot multiple times during traffic stop gun battle
DENVER (Reuters) – A Denver police officer was in critical but stable condition after he was shot multiple times during a traffic stop on Tuesday on the city’s northwest side that also left a suspect wounded and put area schools on lockdown, authoritie…
America’s Muslims object to Obama’s push for more self-surveillance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s request to American Muslims that they must help “root out” extremists in their midst received an angry response inside mosques in a part of California where four men were recently arrested for conspi…
Pig’s head thrown at Philadelphia mosque, mayor decries bigotry
(Reuters) – U.S authorities are investigating an incident in which a pig’s head was thrown at a mosque in Philadelphia early on Monday morning, as worries grew over a rise in Islamophobia after a Muslim couple killed 14 people at a holiday party in Cal…
U.S. to propose major changes to vehicle crash ratings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Auto safety regulators on Tuesday called for a major overhaul to U.S. crash safety tests that will require automakers to add crash avoidance technologies to new vehicles if they want to gain the top, five-star ratings.
Justices skeptical of Texas ‘one person, one vote’ challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant on Tuesday to endorse a conservative challenge to the way Texas draws state legislative districts in a case that could shrink the political clout of Hispanics and boost the power of rural…
