Pennsylvania man gets 14-1/2 years in prison for India-based phone scam
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man who helped coordinate a fraud in which India-based callers preyed on financially vulnerable Americans by pretending to be U.S. government agents was sentenced to 14-1/2 years in prison on Wednesday.
Relatives of Charleston victims urge Congress to vote on gun law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Relatives and friends of the victims of last month’s shooting in a Charleston, South Carolina church traveled to Washington on Wednesday to demand that U.S. lawmakers vote on legislation to expand background checks on gun sales.
Two arrested in Oklahoma Walmart robbery by fake Loomis guard
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The manager of an Oklahoma Walmart robbed of $75,000 in cash by a man posing as an armored truck company security guard was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of being connected to the heist, police said.
Computer glitch halts United Airlines flights for two hours
(Reuters) – All United Airlines flights were grounded for almost two hours early Wednesday due to a computer hardware problem, creating travel headaches for tens of thousands of passengers that stretched into the afternoon.
Anthony Batts, Baltimore Police Commissioner, fired
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has fired Police Commissioner Anthony Batts, the mayor’s office said on Wednesday.
U.S. court rules citizenship law discriminates against fathers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. immigration law that treats mothers and fathers differently in determining whether their children may claim U.S. citizenship is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday, four years after the U.S. Supreme …
FBI chief warns encryption emboldens would-be Islamic State attackers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Barring law enforcement authorities’ access to encrypted communications would make it easier for Islamic State sympathizers to attack the United States, FBI Chief James Comey told Senate lawmakers on Wednesday.
Oklahoma sets execution dates for inmates who lost Supreme Court case
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma court on Wednesday set execution dates for three inmates who lost a battle to have the U.S. Supreme Court put their capital punishment on hold because of problems they claimed with the state’s lethal injection mix….
U.S. judge rules Washington Redskins trademarks disparaging
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The National Football League’s Washington Redskins lost an emotionally charged battle on Wednesday when a U.S. federal judge refused to reinstate six trademark registrations canceled last year for being offensive to Native American…
Ex-Vanderbilt football players set for retrial on rape charges
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Two former Vanderbilt University football players will face a retrial later in 2015 on charges that they raped an unconscious female student two years ago, a judge said on Wednesday.
