Motorists pulled over in Georgia get holiday surprise
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Sheriff’s deputies in a Georgia community are targeting drivers in need of some cheer and issuing $100 bills instead of traffic tickets in a welcome holiday season surprise.
Hospitals to pay $28 million to settle false spinal treatment claims
(Reuters) – A group of 32 hospitals will pay a total of $28 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare for a type of spinal fracture treatment, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday.
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.
Obama to visit San Bernardino as shooting investigation continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will reprise his role of “consoler-in-chief” on Friday evening when he is expected to meet with families of those murdered in the San Bernardino, California, shootings.
Convictions of four Alaska men over 1997 beating death of teen dismissed
(Reuters) – An Alaska judge on Thursday dismissed the convictions of four men who spent nearly two decades in prison for the murder of a teenager, approving a settlement in which defense attorneys introduced new evidence casting doubt on their guilt.
Transgender Arkansas inmate denied right to sue prison-court
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A transgender Arkansas inmate in a men’s prison who castrated herself cannot sue prison officials for refusing to provide hormone therapy to assist her efforts to change genders, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday.
Trial scheduled for oil truck operator in North Dakota murder-for-hire case
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The trial of an oil truck operator charged with orchestrating the killings of two business rivals competing for work in North Dakota’s giant Bakken oil patch was slated to begin in January after the man withdrew his guilty plea, his…
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.
