Man to plead guilty in incident with noose on Univ. Of Mississippi statue
(Reuters) – A former University of Mississippi student will plead guilty next week to a federal civil rights charge accusing him of draping a noose and a Confederate flag around the neck of a statue of the school’s first black student, according to cou…
Female employee of N.Y. prison arrested in convict escape
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A female employee of an upstate New York prison was arrested on Friday on charges that she helped two inmates stage a daring escape from the maximum security facility, authorities said.
Documents show bitter CIA dispute over pre-9/11 performance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top CIA officials fought bitterly in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks over whether U.S. intelligence agencies could have done more to stop the deadliest terrorist strikes in American history, documents released on Frida…
U.S. says passport, visa systems hit by technical problems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Friday it was having technical problems with its overseas passport and visa systems, and was investigating the root cause of the issue.
Waco officers fired 12 shots during deadly biker fight: police
DALLAS (Reuters) – Three Waco police officers fired a total of 12 shots during a deadly battle last month at a restaurant in the central Texas city between rival motorcycle gangs that left nine people dead and 18 others injured, police said.
Court blocks immediate release of last of Louisiana’s ‘Angola Three’
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday granted Louisiana’s request to block the immediate release of the last of the so-called Angola Three prisoners, a man who has spent most of four decades in solitary confinement charged with the 1972 killing of…
Prosecutors move to keep Hastert evidence secret
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors on Friday petitioned a judge to keep secret their evidence in the case against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of trying to hide cash transactions and lying …
White House fence jumper seeks sentence of time served
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army veteran who entered the White House with a knife should be sentenced to time served followed by supervised release, his attorney said in a court filing on Friday.
Washington state NAACP chapter leader investigated over racial identity
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A local leader for the NAACP civil rights group is under investigation in Washington state for identifying herself as black on a city job application, as a Caucasian couple claims to be her biological parents.
To control spring break, Florida city bans beach drinking
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida city is taking on its reputation for out-of-control spring break parties by banning alcohol consumption on the beach next March, after shootings and the alleged gang rape of a young woman who passed out on the beach …
