U.S. senator urges tighter screening for all airport workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Employees at U.S. airports should face tighter security screening, a U.S. senator and a New York prosecutor said on Wednesday, two weeks after a baggage handler was charged with helping to smuggle 153 guns onto flights from Atlan…
Maine governor wants to end state income tax, shrink government
AUGUSTA, Maine (Reuters) – Maine’s Republican Governor Paul LePage, a famously combative Tea Party favorite who recently won a second term, vowed on Wednesday to eliminate the state income tax and to “right-size” government to heat up the state’s chill…
Florida sisters accused of plotting teenage brother’s shooting death
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Two Florida sisters, ages 15 and 11, have been charged with premeditated murder in the shooting death of their 16-year-old brother, who was killed with a handgun taken from the bedroom of their out-of-town parents, authorities…
FBI says Sony hackers ‘got sloppy,’ posted from North Korea addresses
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI Director James Comey said on Wednesday that hackers behind the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment provided key clues to their identity by sometimes posting material from IP addresses used exclusively by the N…
Injured California hiker located via Facebook after 911 call fails
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A badly injured California hiker stranded on a remote trail was located by a quick-thinking dispatch trainee using Facebook after a 911 distress call got cut off, authorities said Wednesday.
Local politician’s threat to sue Maryland newspaper backfires
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Maryland politician’s threat to sue a newspaper if it printed his name has backfired, with the dispute and the politician’s name now splashed across the Internet and social media.
One dead following officer-involved shooting at Ohio airport
(Reuters) – A man was shot and killed by Port Columbus International Airport police in Ohio’s state capital on Wednesday, according to an airport official.
Top U.S. lawyer Dershowitz: can his accusers in sex abuse case be disbarred?
(Reuters) – (Removes assertion in fourth paragraph that Buckingham Palace has identified Jane Doe #3 as Virginia Roberts. Adds that Buckingham Palace denies the allegations against Prince Andrew by Jane Doe #3, who some British media identified as Virg…
Woman dies in Colorado avalanche, second slide fatality in week
DENVER (Reuters) – A 20-year-old cross country skier died after she was swept away in an avalanche in southwest Colorado, authorities said on Wednesday, the second snow slide fatality in the state in a week.
Charges dropped for California doctor who shot man after road clash
(Reuters) – A California judge has dismissed attempted manslaughter and assault charges against a 71-year-old physician who shot a man who followed him to his driveway after a road-rage clash, a spokesman for prosecutors said on Wednesday.
