Florida brothers sentenced for plot to detonate bomb in New York City
MIAMI (Reuters) – Two Florida brothers, one of whom said he bicycled around New York City to scope out targets, were sentenced on Thursday to prison for plotting to explode a bomb in the city in 2012, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Philadelphia woman sentenced for lethal buttocks injection
(Reuters) – A Philadelphia hip-hop artist was sentenced on Thursday to 10 to 20 years in prison for killing a British woman by illegally injecting silicone into her buttocks and for aggravated assault in another botched beauty case, court officials sai…
New Jersey man admits to smuggling $65 million in electronics to Russia
(Reuters) – A New Jersey man pleaded guilty on Thursday to smuggling $65 million worth of sensitive electronics components to Russia as part of an illegal international procurement network.
Californian killed by train may have been attempting videotaped stunt
San Diego (Reuters) – An unidentified man who tried to roll under a freight train in downtown San Diego during what authorities say may have been a videotaped stunt was killed on Thursday when he was struck by the locomotive.
University of North Carolina put on probation over academic fraud scandal
(Reuters) – The University of North Carolina was given a 12-month probation on Thursday by its accrediting commission after a review into an academic fraud scandal at the school.
Uzbek citizen charged in New York over Islamic State plot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Uzbek citizen has become the fifth person indicted along with four previously charged men from Brooklyn, New York, in an alleged plot to provide support to Islamic State militants, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
Manhunt for two New York prison escapees focuses on nearby woods
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hundreds of law enforcement agents hunting for two upstate New York prison escapees focused their search on Thursday on a heavily wooded area just a few miles from the maximum security facility where they broke out last week, polic…
Delaware governor’s driver probed over run-in with bicyclist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Delaware state trooper working as a driver for Governor Jack Markell is under investigation after a video showed him blocking a bike lane in Washington and pointing to his gun while arguing with a bicyclist, authorities said on…
Delta deal raises pilot wages above competitors, trims profit-sharing
(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc has reached a tentative deal with its union to pay pilots more than competitors, while making its profit-sharing plan less generous in some cases.
Deaths from synthetic marijuana use rising sharply in U.S.: CDC
(Reuters) – Synthetic marijuana killed three times more people in the first five months of 2015 than in the same period of 2014, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday.
