CIA chief says social media ‘greatly amplifies’ terror threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Social media and other technology are making it increasingly difficult to combat militants who are using such modern resources to share information and conduct operations, the head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency said on …
Teen held in Washington state kidnapping previously investigated: official
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A 15-year-old Washington state boy arrested in the attempted kidnapping of a toddler, captured on video, had previously been investigated for luring a minor but no charges were filed, prosecutors said Friday.
Suspected Indiana serial killer to stand trial in June
CROWN POINT, Ind. (Reuters) – A convicted sex offender suspected of killing seven women in Indiana will stand trial for murder on June 22, a Lake County judge said on Friday.
NYSE ex-manager sues over firing after ‘Daily Show’ appearance
(Reuters) – A former New York Stock Exchange managing director has filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired for appearing on the satirical newscast “The Daily Show” to discuss Obamacare because his bosses objected to the program’s politics.
Teenager charged in fatal shooting of Iraqi immigrant in Dallas
(Reuters) – Dallas police arrested a teenager in last week’s fatal shooting of an Iraqi immigrant who was gunned down while taking pictures of his first snowfall, officials said on Friday.
Texas’ famed Alamo to be under new management after a century
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The private heritage group that has operated the Alamo in San Antonio for more than a century will be removed from that role as the state tries to expand the scope of its most visited tourist site.
Atlantic City’s Revel Casino fails again to get a deal
(Reuters) – Revel Casino’s hard luck continues after a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge rejected its agreement for a sale to a Florida developer for $82 million, marking the third failed deal for the shuttered hotel in New Jersey’s struggling seaside resort…
Man whose pills caused NYC concert goer’s death is spared prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell the drug “Molly” to concert goers, including a 23-year-old man who died from an overdose at a 2013 electronic music festival in New York City, was sentenced on Friday to probation and …
U.S. auto safety chief says Takata more forthcoming on air bags
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Takata Corp, under pressure from a $14,000 daily fine from U.S. regulators, has started to become more cooperative about documents involving a deadly default in its air bag inflators, the top U.S. auto safety regulator said on Fr…
White House fence jumper suspect faces plea hearing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Iraq War veteran faces a plea hearing on Friday on charges of running into the White House armed with a knife, one of a series of security gaffes by the U.S. Secret Service.
