Canada to release ex-Guantanamo inmate for return to France: lawyer
TORONTO (Reuters) – Mourad Benchellali, a French national and former Guantanamo Bay prisoner detained by Canadian police at a Toronto airport on Monday, will likely be released and allowed to return to France within hours, his Canadian lawyer said on W…
New York prison guard pleads not guilty on charges related to escape
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Reuters) – A New York correctional officer accused of helping two convicts escape from a maximum security prison in June pleaded not guilty on Wednesday at his arraignment on a series of charges related to the daring break-out.
U.S. says human trafficking report not softened for political reasons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – This year’s U.S. State Department human trafficking report was not watered down because of concerns about how it might affect trade deals or diplomatic relations, State Department officials said on Wednesday.
Mistrial for Alabama police officer who threw Indian man
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday declared a second mistrial when a jury deadlocked again in the case of an Alabama police officer accused of throwing an Indian man to the ground, according to federal prosecutors.
California man arrested in stabbing of France train attack hero
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Police in California arrested a man on Wednesday on suspicion of attempted murder in the stabbing of U.S. Air Force airman Spencer Stone, one of three Americans who thwarted an August train attack in France.
Chipotle’s E. coli outbreak threatens sales, emboldens critics
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc’s food poisoning outbreak in Washington state and Oregon threatens to scare diners away from the popular burrito chain and has become fodder for one of its most vocal critics.
Controversial school board trio ousted in Colorado recall
DENVER (Reuters) – Voters in Colorado’s second-largest school district overwhelmingly recalled three conservative board members whose controversial proposal to revamp advanced placement U.S. history courses last year spurred student walkouts and teache…
No federal charges for Seattle patrolman who punched woman
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors declined to file criminal civil rights charges against a Seattle police officer who punched an intoxicated 23-year-old woman as he arrested her last year, a letter from a U.S. attorney to police showed on Wednesd…
Vendor at Colorado Army post told to stop selling shirt called anti-Islamic
(Reuters) – U.S. military authorities told a vendor on a Colorado Army post to stop selling T-shirts depicting the Statue of Liberty clad in a head-to-toe Muslim covering after a shopper complained that they were anti-Islamic, an official said on Wedne…
Louisiana boy shot dead, father wounded after police chase
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A 6-year-old Louisiana boy was killed and his father critically wounded when local police chased and shot at their vehicle, authorities said on Wednesday.
