Ex-general, CIA chief Petraeus gets probation, $100,000 fine in leak case
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) – Former U.S. military commander and CIA director David Petraeus was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a$100,000 fine but was spared prison time on Thursday after pleading guilty to mishandling classified …
Utah sex offender stole school bus, tried to lure kids -police
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A convicted sex offender in Utah stole an empty school bus and tried to pick up children in a small town before residents called police and he was arrested, authorities said on Thursday.
Bill to ban fining Californians who let lawns go brown in drought
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Californians who let their lawns go brown to save water during the state’s prolonged drought would no longer face fines from municipalities for failing to maintain their properties under a bill passed Thursday in the stat…
Ex-Montana judge who sentenced teacher to 31 days for rape to be honored
(Reuters) – A Montana judge who was censured for suggesting that a 14-year-old girl raped by a teacher was culpable in her own assault is due to receive a lifetime achievement award from a local bar association, an official said on Thursday.
New York banana mogul sentenced in fatal, drug-fueled sex romp
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Long Island banana importer was sentenced to prison for a second time in two months on Thursday after admitting to running a cocaine distribution scheme that authorities say led to the death of a woman who joined him in a …
Arizona’s Arpaio says sorry court orders on profiling were violated
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Controversial Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio admitted on Thursday to civil contempt over his office’s violation of court orders in a racial profiling case, apologized to the judge and insisted it was not intentional.
North Carolina House passes 72-hour waiting period for abortions
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina women seeking abortions would have to wait 72 hours after consulting a doctor before having the procedure done under a measure passed by the state House of Representatives on Thursday.
New York’s Times Square news ‘zipper’ stuck on replay for days
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The scrolling Times Square “zipper” has served like an electronic town crier for generations of New Yorkers, breaking such historic news as the end of World War II, a headline that sent a nurse into a sailor’s arms for a world-famo…
U.S. strike inadvertently killed U.S., Italian hostages; Obama apologizes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike in January targeting an al Qaeda compound in Pakistan near the Afghan border inadvertently killed an American and an Italian who had been held hostage for years by the group, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
Judge orders Minnesota men held for trial on Islamic State charges
ST PAUL, Minn. (Reuters) – A U.S. magistrate judge ordered four Somali-American young men held on Thursday pending trial on charges that they conspired to join Islamic State and fight for the militant group in Syria.
