Couple who fled by boat to Bahamas with seven kids sentenced for fraud
DENVER (Reuters) – A Texas couple who fled by sail boat to the Bahamas with their seven children while facing trial for an online agriculture scam were sentenced on Friday to more than seven years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal …
U.S. will not release hunger-striking Guantanamo detainee
(Reuters) – U.S. Justice Department lawyers on Friday blocked a legal request that a Guantanamo Bay detainee who weighs just 74 lbs (33.5 kg) after an eight-year hunger strike be released for health reasons.
Fire at DrillChem plant north of Houston, no injuries: local broadcasters
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Explosions and a fire erupted on Friday at a DrillChem plant in Conroe, Texas, sending up flames and plumes of smoke that could be seen for miles around, but there were no initial reports of any injuries, police said.
Battle over same-sex status on birth certificates in Texas and Arkansas
AUSTIN, Texas/LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Two states that had blocked gay marriage are in legal battles over granting parenthood status to same-sex couples: Arkansas is trying to throw out a suit from couples seeking the status and Texas is saying it…
University of North Carolina cites possible new violations in athletics
(Reuters) – The University of North Carolina, facing allegations of academic fraud related to its athletic programs, said on Friday it had found two more potential violations involving men’s soccer and women’s basketball players.
Off-duty Tennessee fireman catches baby dropped from third-floor
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – An off-duty Chattanooga firefighter who managed to catch a baby thrown from the third-floor window of a burning building said on Friday he was in the right place in the right time.
Arab Bank settles U.S. litigation over attacks by militants
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Arab Bank Plc has agreed to settle litigation brought by hundreds of Americans who accused it of facilitating militant attacks in Israel, nearly a year after a U.S. jury found the bank liable.
U.S. court throws out Arizona sheriff’s immigration policy challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by an Arizona sheriff who argued that President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration were unconstitutional.
U.S. woman hostage raped by Islamic State leader before death: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kayla Mueller, the U.S. aid worker who died earlier this year while being held hostage by Islamic State militants, was raped repeatedly by the group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi while in captivity in Syria, U.S. officials said o…
Kentucky clerk: issuing gay marriage licenses violate religious beliefs
LOUISVILLE, Ky (Reuters) – A Kentucky county clerk who has refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples said that doing so would violate her religious beliefs as she asked a judge on Friday to delay his order to process applications for the l…
