New York police bust accused synthetic marijuana drug ring
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Law-enforcement agents have arrested 6 people in New York accused of trafficking synthetic marijuana, an illegal drug that has sparked local health fears and led to a spike in hospitalizations and deaths this year, officials said o…
Oklahoma to execute convicted murderer who challenged injection mix
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma plans to execute on Wednesday a convicted murderer who tried unsuccessfully to have the U.S. Supreme Court rule that one of the drugs used in the state’s lethal injection mix can cause undue harm and suffering.
Obama warns businesses, government on need for cybersecurity vigilance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for vigilance by the U.S. government and business on cybersecurity, saying that the Internet is under threat on several levels.
U.S. watchdog urges Congress to allow rail safety deadline extension
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. watchdog office urged Congress on Wednesday to empower regulators to extend a Dec. 31 deadline for freight and passenger railroads to adopt new safety technology that could prevent major derailments and other deadly crashe…
U.S. household incomes slip, poverty rate up slightly in 2014
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American household incomes lost ground last year and the poverty rate ticked up, the U.S. Census Bureau said on Wednesday, in a sign the U.S. economic expansion has not led to gains for many Americans five years after the 2007-20…
University police officer cleared in Alabama student’s death
(Reuters) – A University of South Alabama police officer was cleared of civil wrongdoing in the shooting death of an 18-year-old freshman at its Mobile campus almost three years ago, officials said.
North Carolina police chief ousted after criticism of Black Lives Matter
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A North Carolina police chief said he was forced to retire after he described the Black Lives Matter movement as “an American-born terrorist group” in a post on his personal Facebook page this month.
U.S. prosecutor to be stationed at Europol for cyber crimes
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The United States will post a prosecutor at Europol, Europe’s police agency, to enable closer cooperation on international cyber crime investigations, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Wednesday.
Firefighters gain ground on California wildfire that destroyed 585 homes
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. (Reuters) – Property losses from a deadly Northern California wildfire, the most destructive this year in the western United States, climbed on Tuesday to at least 585 homes and hundreds of other structures that have gone up in flame…
Suspect in shooting of girlfriend and Mississippi professor left behind apology note
(Reuters) – A Mississippi college instructor suspected of gunning down his live-in girlfriend and a professor colleague before taking his own life, left behind a note of apology, police said on Tuesday.
