Creator of Silk Road website faces sentencing for drug scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The accused mastermind behind the underground website Silk Road will be sentenced on Friday for orchestrating a scheme that enabled more than $200 million of anonymous online drug sales using the digital currency bitcoin.
Video shows California police wrestle pregnant black woman to ground
(Reuters) – Police body camera footage published online by a rights group on Thursday showed two California officers wrestling to the ground a black woman who was eight months pregnant, and arresting her following a dispute with another woman.
California man suspected of killing neighbor kills self after family flee
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (Reuters) – A Southern California man suspected to have fatally shot a neighbor on Thursday ended an hours-long standoff with police by killing himself.
Defense in Freddie Gray case seeks to move trial from Baltimore
(Reuters) – Defense attorneys for six police officers facing criminal charges in the Freddie Gray case are seeking to have the trial moved from Baltimore, saying their clients cannot get a fair trial there, the Baltimore Sun reported on Thursday.
Second anchoring rod in San Francisco Bay Bridge fails key test
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California transit officials have determined that a second high-strength steel anchoring rod for the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge failed a key seismic “pull” test, and officials were due to meet on Thur…
University of Washington frat told to halt parties after rape report
(Reuters) – A University of Washington fraternity has been ordered to suspend social activities at its off-campus house in Seattle after a female student reported she was raped there during an unauthorized party in which alcoholic beverages were served…
California man suspected of killing neighbor holes up with family
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (Reuters) – A Southern California man is believed to have fatally shot a neighbor on Thursday before barricading himself in his apartment with his wife and two young children, police said.
Man charged with arson in massive downtown Los Angeles apartment fire
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 56-year-old man was charged on Thursday with setting a massive fire that destroyed much of a multimillion-dollar apartment complex under construction in downtown Los Angeles and damaged three nearby buildings.
Hundreds seek safety from Texas floods, severe weather kills 16
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Hundreds of people fled areas near Texas rivers that overflowed their banks on Thursday as the state reeled from severe storms this week that killed at least 16 people, flooded cities and set a record for the wettest month.
Obama visits Miami shrine in nod to Cuban Americans
MIAMI (Reuters) – President Barack Obama toured a Catholic shrine beloved by Cuban Americans on Thursday, a nod to his pledge to end more than 50 years of hostilities with Cuba and restore diplomatic relations and commercial ties.
