NYC businessman gets two-year sentence for spousal abuse, gun use
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A wealthy New York City textile entrepreneur was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday for assaulting his much younger ex-wife and carrying a handgun registered to a police officer friend.
Sky for fireworks, not drones, at Boston July 4 concert: police
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts State Police on Thursday said that no drones would be allowed at next week’s Fourth of July Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, which typically draws hundreds of thousands of spectators to the city’s Charles River waterf…
Judge blocks Kansas ban on second trimester abortion procedure
(Reuters) – A Kansas judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a law that would ban a common second trimester abortion procedure from taking effect next week, according to an attorney for an abortion rights group that challenged the law.
Actor Dustin Diamond sentenced to jail in stabbing case
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Dustin Diamond, who played the nerdy Screech in the early 1990s U.S. television sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” was sentenced on Thursday to four months in jail for a Christmas night barroom stabbing in a Milwaukee suburb.
U.S. miners hurt by slow permitting process: industry group
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Slow and cumbersome approval processes for U.S. mining projects are hindering the country’s ability to compete and meet rising global demand for minerals from copper to gold, an industry study released on Thursday shows.
Gays can’t use U.S. Catholic family meet to attack Church, bishop says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Homosexuals can attend a Catholic family congress in Philadelphia during Pope Francis’ U.S. visit this year but won’t be allowed to use it to attack Church teachings, the city’s archbishop said on Thursday.
Man charged in Colorado NAACP bombing to change not guilty plea: documents
DENVER (Reuters) – A man accused of bombing a building that houses the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors and will change his not guilty plea, court documents showed on Thursday.
Actor Dustin Diamond sentenced to jail, probation in stabbing case
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Dustin Diamond, who played the nerdy Screech in the early 1990s U.S. television sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” was sentenced on Thursday to four months in jail on two misdemeanor convictions stemming from a Christmas night bar fight …
Mayor faces complexities of poverty, crime in reviving N.J.’s largest city
NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) – A handful of streets in New Jersey’s largest city boast glistening apartment towers with floor-to-ceiling views of the Manhattan skyline, but much of the rest of Newark bears the scars of stubbornly high crime rates and persist…
New York’s MTA sued over ‘Muslims Are Coming!’ film ad ban
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority was sued on Thursday by a studio objecting to the agency’s decision to reject six subway advertisements promoting its film “The Muslims are Coming!”
