Moody’s cuts rating of Ferguson, Missouri, to ‘junk’ status
(Reuters) – Moody’s Investors Service cut the credit rating of Ferguson, Missouri to “junk” status on Thursday, citing its sharply deteriorating finances following the fatal shooting of a black teen by a white policeman in the city in August 2014.
Florida woman arrested in ‘booby trapped’ home with more than 3,700 blades
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida woman living in a mobile home that was “booby trapped” with more than 3,714 swords, knives and other bladed weapons was in jail on Thursday after attacking officers who had come to arrest her, police said.
Friend of accused Charleston gunman arrested: media reports
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A friend of the accused gunman in the shooting massacre that killed nine black churchgoers in South Carolina in June was arrested by federal agents on Thursday, local media reported.
Senate report ‘proves Lithuania hosted CIA jail’: detainee’s lawyers
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate report on CIA interrogations proves beyond doubt that Lithuania knowingly hosted one of the agency’s secret detention facilities, lawyers for an ex-detainee told the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday.
New York man arrested on charges of attempting to support Islamic State
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Authorities arrested a U.S. citizen in New York on Thursday on charges that he attempted to provide support to Islamic State and planned to travel overseas to join the militant group, the Justice Department said.
Police probing string of Colorado shootings appeal to tipster, reward now $50,000
DENVER (Reuters) – A task force probing a series of apparent random shootings in northern Colorado appealed on Thursday to an anonymous tipster to contact them again, as the FBI increased reward money for information on the cases to $50,000.
Prosecutor charges 25 suspects in New York heroin trafficking ring
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City court employee and an aspiring drug counselor were among 25 people indicted as suspects in a heroin trafficking ring that pulled in more than $1.5 million a year, law enforcement officials said on Thursday.
U.S. in agreement to provide Indian tribes $940 million for unmet service payments
(Reuters) – The U.S. government has reached a proposed agreement to provide $940 million to hundreds of American Indian tribes to cover unpaid costs for tribal management of federal services such as law enforcement and housing, officials said on Thursd…
Death toll in Northern California wildfires jumps to five
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Two more bodies were found in areas scorched by one of the two devastating wildfires raging in Northern California for the past week, raising the death toll to five from both blazes, even as fire officials on Thursday rep…
Military prosecutors say Bergdahl deliberately snuck off post
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – U.S. military prosecutors said in opening statements on Thursday that Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, a former prisoner of war in Afghanistan held for five years before being swapped in 2014 for five Taliban leaders, deliberately l…
