Orthodox rabbi pleads guilty in New Jersey kidnap scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Orthodox Jewish rabbi pleaded guilty on Wednesday to playing a role in a scheme to kidnap Jewish men and force them to grant divorces to their unhappy wives, said federal authorities in New Jersey.
Former Pennsylvania police chief resentenced in sting case
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Reuters) – A federal judge imposed a prison term of more than seven years on a former Pennsylvania police chief on Wednesday after an appeals court vacated his initial 11-year sentence for accepting money in exchange for helping FBI ag…
Florida teenager honored for saving cop who arrested him
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A handcuffed Florida teenager kicked and yelled for help when the police officer who was booking him into jail in September collapsed on the floor.
U.S. Secret Service dumping senior officials after security lapses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service will remove four senior officials while another has opted to retire, the latest shake-up after a series of security lapses at the agency charged with protecting the president, an agency official said on We…
Obama to announce push for paid leave, sick time for workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will announce on Thursday a handful of initiatives to boost paid leave and sick time, White House adviser Valerie Jarrett said in a statement.
Three rearrested hours after mass inmate release from Ohio jail
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Three men released from an Akron, Ohio-area jail over the weekend after budget cuts and staffing shortages closed two units were rearrested within hours for petty crimes, officials said on Wednesday.
Arizona man arrested in grisly 1990s murders of two young women
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona man has been arrested in the mutilation murders of two young women in the early 1990s, crimes that remained unsolved for two decades after they shook the Phoenix area, police said on Wednesday.
New York City mayor says he would veto police chokehold ban
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday he would veto a bill by city lawmakers that would make it illegal for a police officer to put a person in a chokehold during an arrest.
FBI raids Florida firm with ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ link: witnesses
WASHINGTON/BOCA RATON, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. FBI agents on Wednesday raided the offices of Med-Care Diabetic & Medical Supplies Inc, a Florida medical device company whose executive vice president helped inspire the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” according to a Reuters reporter and other witnesses.
Two Virginia fraternities reject party rules after rape story
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – Two University of Virginia fraternities are refusing to sign an operating agreement to help prevent sexual assaults and binge drinking that stemmed from a discredited Rolling Stone story about gang rape at another fraternity.
