Pennsylvania officer acquitted in shooting of suspect lying in snow
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania jury on Thursday acquitted a police officer of all charges in the fatal shooting of a suspect as he lay in the snow, knocked to the ground by her stun gun.
Son of indicted U.S. congressman convicted of fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The son of U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah from Philadelphia was found guilty on Thursday of defrauding banks to obtain business loans he used for personal expenses, including buying jewelry and paying casino gambling debts.
Illinois policeman who killed self plotted to kill official: report
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A northern Illinois policeman who officials said committed suicide while concerned about an audit that would have exposed his embezzlement tried to arrange for the killing of a local administrator, the Associated Press reported on T…
Guantanamo prisoners should remain there: House speaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prisoners being held at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should remain at the facility, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday.
Ex-airport exec to head troubled Washington transit agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former airports executive was named to head Washington’s troubled mass transit authority on Thursday, the agency said, taking over a system plagued by safety shortfalls.
Star NHL’s Blackhawks, Patrick Kane, will not face rape charges
(Reuters) – NHL superstar Patrick Kane will not face rape charges because the accusations made by a woman who had met him at a Buffalo, New York nightclub contained inconsistencies and were not backed up by credible evidence, a county prosecutor said o…
Slain California university stabbing suspect studied engineering
(Reuters) – The student who attacked four people with a hunting knife before he was shot dead by police at a University of California campus was identified a day after the stabbing rampage as a freshman who was majoring in engineering and computer scie…
U.S. pushes for spectrum for 5G, civil drones, flight tracking
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States wants a global deal to reallocate parts of the radio spectrum for the next “5G” generation of mobile devices, a boom in civilian drones and a worldwide flight tracking system, senior U.S. officials said on Thursday….
Alabama boy discovered in Ohio 13 years after reported missing
(Reuters) – A five-year-old boy reported missing in Alabama 13 years ago was found unharmed in Ohio this week after the now 18-year-old began applying for college and officials discovered his name in a national database for missing children, police sai…
Four charged in Ohio with aiding al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four men have been indicted in Ohio for conspiring to aid al Qaeda’s Yemen-based affiliate and its U.S.-born member Anwar al Awlaki, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
