Former pastor, partner used PFGBest failure to hide scam: CFTC lawsuit
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A former pastor at a Florida church and a partner tried to use the 2012 bankruptcy of brokerage Peregrine Financial Group to hide their theft of $2 million from investors in a commodity trading scam, according to a lawsuit filed by …
Hamster decapitation video prompts Mississippi university student to leave school
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – The family of a University of Mississippi student withdrew him from the school on Tuesday after a video appearing to show him biting the head off a hamster while on spring break this month was posted online.
Former Washington-area FBI agent pleads guilty to multiple drug charges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former FBI agent admitted on Tuesday to taking heroin seized in drug busts in the Washington area for his personal use and to evidence tampering that resulted in the dismissal of several major drug-trafficking cases.Matthew Low…
Pennsylvania university expels three students for racist comments on radio
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – Three students have been expelled from Pennsylvania’s Bucknell University for racist language and comments on the school’s student-run radio station, university officials said on Tuesday.
Uber driver accused of burglary bid after Denver airport drop-off
DENVER (Reuters) – Police arrested a 51-year-old driver for the Uber car service on Wednesday who is accused of trying to burglarize a Denver woman’s home after he dropped her off at the city’s airport, authorities said.
California university issues brief security alert
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police at the University of California, Irvine, issued a security alert on Tuesday after a man with a gun was reported on campus, but the alert was canceled about 30 minutes later with the incident said to be “under control.”
UAW union gained more than 12,000 members in 2014: filing
DETROIT (Reuters) – Membership in the United Auto Workers union rose by more than 12,000 people to 403,466 in 2014, the fifth consecutive year of small gains for the American union, according to an annual filing with the U.S. Department of Labor.
New York man arrested for scam linked to abducted children
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man who headed a group billing itself as a non-profit dedicated to preventing child abduction and trafficking was arrested on Tuesday on charges of defrauding the parents of children nabbed by international kidnapping ri…
Texas woman arrested for suspected illegal butt injections
DALLAS (Reuters) – Dallas police said they arrested a woman on Tuesday on accusations of providing illegal butt injections in a salon, which may have resulted in one woman’s death.
California gunman kills woman and himself in apparent custody dispute
FRESNO, Calif. (Reuters) – A gunman walked into a medical office in Fresno, California, and opened fire on Tuesday, killing a woman believed to be his wife or girlfriend before shooting himself to death in a murder-suicide apparently sparked by a custo…
