Afghanistan gave CIA money to al Qaeda for diplomat’s ransom: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About $1 million provided by the CIA to a secret Afghan government fund ended up in the hands of al Qaeda in 2010 when it was used to pay a ransom for an Afghan diplomat, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
USDA reports virulent strain of avian flu in Kansas poultry
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has identified the first infection of a virulent strain of avian flu in poultry in Kansas, confirming the virus has spread into a migratory bird route that runs through the center of the country.
U.S. appeals ruling on size of BP oil spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is appealing a federal court ruling that reduced the potential penalty BP Plc must pay for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill by almost $4 billion.
Ten L.A. high school students arrested in sexual assaults
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police arrested 10 teenagers from a Los Angeles high school on Friday in connection with sexual assaults and unlawful sex acts against two fellow students, and investigators were seeking four more youths as suspects, authorities…
American in Honduras isolated pending tests for Ebola
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen has been hospitalized in Honduras while he is screened for Ebola, health authorities in the Central American country said on Friday.
Congressman says criminal probe opened into 2012 Fed leak
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s inspector general has reopened a 2012 case involving leaked information from the central bank and a criminal investigation is pending, according to a letter sent to the Fed by a U.S. Congressman.
California regulator seeks $1.6 billion penalty for deadly PG&E blast
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California’s chief utility regulator on Friday urged a record $1.6 billion penalty against Pacific Gas & Electric stemming from its deadly 2010 San Bruno natural gas pipeline rupture and fire near San Francisco, a $200 million increase over an earlier proposal.
Pennsylvania teacher survives being impaled by trailer hitch
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania school teacher who was left impaled for six hours by a trailer hitch that pierced her torso front to back in a traffic accident emerged in critical but stable condition on Friday from surgery to remove the met…
California grants 131,000 driver’s licenses to unauthorized immigrants
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California issued about 131,000 driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants in January and February, the first two months since the state began granting the permits to people who are in the country illegally, officials s…
Teen pleads not guilty to Washington state kidnapping caught on video
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A 15-year-old Washington state boy pleaded not guilty on Friday to kidnapping a toddler from a city park and running off with the baby boy, pursued by the child’s older siblings and two other youths, in an incident caught on video.
