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.
Florida sheriff’s deputy indicted on manslaughter in man’s death
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida sheriff’s deputy was indicted on a manslaughter charge in the 2013 shooting death of a man carrying an air rifle, the Broward County State Attorney’s Office said on Friday.
Ohio former deputy sheriff indicted in two fatal shootings
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A former deputy sheriff in Ohio has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a man in a high speed chase in March, and with involuntary manslaughter in the deadly shooting of a neighbor last week, court documents show.
Defense rests in trial of Baltimore officer charged in man’s death
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Lawyers for a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of a black detainee rested their case on Friday after arguing that he had acted reasonably in failing to call for medical aid or to secure the man in a police van.
