Hazmat team responds to Los Angeles courthouse over suspicious letters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A hazardous materials team was sent to a Los Angeles courthouse on Thursday over suspicious letters mailed to court personnel, but no evacuation was ordered and business continued without interruption, officials said.
Minnesota man charged with conspiring to support Islamic State
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A Minnesota man pulled off an airplane bound for Turkey last year has been indicted on charges of conspiring to support Islamic State and lying to federal agents investigating recruitment by militant groups, prosecutors said on …
Revenge porn operator agrees to plea to criminal charges in Los Angeles
(Refiles story dated February 18, correcting first name of defendant to Hunter instead of Michael in second paragraph)
Removed from ventilator, Bobbi Kristina Brown’s condition unchanged: source
(Reuters) – Doctors have taken Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of late singer Whitney Houston, off the ventilator that has helped her breathe since she was found unresponsive in a bathtub last month, but no decisions have been made to take her off life …
Taped confession in New York boy’s 1979 murder replayed for jury
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Parts of Pedro Hernandez’s videotaped confession about strangling a boy in 1979 were replayed at his murder trial on Thursday, this time by his own lawyer arguing it proves mental illness led him to confess to a crime he never comm…
Washington rabbi pleads guilty to voyeurism charges
WASHINGTON(Reuters) – A prominent Washington rabbi charged with secretly videotaping women during ritual baths pleaded guilty to 52 counts of voyeurism on Thursday.
New York assembly ex-speaker Silver indicted on corruption charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A grand jury indicted Sheldon Silver, the former New York State Assembly speaker and one of the most powerful state politicians for two decades, on federal corruption charges on Thursday, federal prosecutors said.
New York City, state to work together to catch rogue landlords
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City and state housing and law enforcement agencies will start working together to catch more landlords who illegally try to force tenants out of rent-stabilized buildings in a scheme to raise rental rates, officials said …
Suge Knight taken to hospital before Los Angeles hearing: court official
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was taken by ambulance to a California hospital on Thursday before his scheduled court appearance in Los Angeles in a camera theft case, a court official said.
New York school districts to stop asking about immigration status
NEW YORK (Reuters) – School districts in 14 New York counties have agreed to stop inquiring about the immigration status of prospective students and their guardians, the state attorney general said on Thursday.
