Kidnapped missionary was freed as U.S. tested hostage policy shift -family
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The family of a U.S missionary kidnapped in Nigeria earlier this year said on Thursday it paid a ransom to secure her release in March while receiving around-the-clock guidance from federal agents under a newly changed hostage-respo…
NY prison guard helped escapees in exchange for snitching, art: documents
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Reuters) – A guard charged in the upstate New York escape of two inmates said he allowed them into the prison’s internal catwalks, which they later used to flee, in return for snitching on other inmates, according to court documents….
Boston bomber moved to federal penitentiary in Colorado: official
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Thursday was moved to a U.S. penitentiary in Florence, Colorado, home to the so-called “Supermax” unit that houses high-risk prisoners, a spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons said.
Central Park restaurant sued for sexual, racial harassment
(Reuters) – A former maitre d’ at a restaurant in New York City’s Central Park claims in a lawsuit filed on Thursday that she was subjected to constant sexual harassment and racial discrimination and demoted after she complained.
Colorado movie massacre defense seeks to prove gunman’s insanity
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Defense lawyers in Colorado’s movie massacre trial opened their case on Thursday, calling a psychiatrist as they seek to prove gunman James Holmes was insane and not in control of his actions when he plotted and carried ou…
Supreme Court upholds broad housing discrimination claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday embraced a broad interpretation of discrimination claims allowed under the landmark Fair Housing Act, a blow to lenders and insurers that face such lawsuits and had urged the court to curb…
Abercrombie settles U.S. immigration discrimination charge
(Reuters) – Abercrombie & Fitch Co agreed to special monitoring of its hiring practices and to pay more than $158,000 to settle a federal charge that it discriminated against a job candidate who was not a U.S. citizen by requiring her to present a green card.
U.S. intelligence chief: China top suspect in hack of U.S. agency: WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States’ intelligence chief said on Thursday that China was the top suspect in a hack of a U.S. agency that compromised the personnel records of millions of Americans, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Oregon man arrested after parents found dead in freezer
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – An Oregon man was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of aggravated murder after police found two bodies, believed to be those of his parents, in a freezer in the home where the family lived, authorities said.
California wildfires force residents from homes in two towns
(Reuters) – Residents of two California towns were under mandatory evacuation orders on Thursday due to a burgeoning wind-swept wildfire while aircraft battling the massive blaze were grounded because of a drone craft in the area, officials said.
