Accused Silk Road creator goes to trial amid U.S. scrutiny of bitcoin
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. crackdown on use of the digital currency bitcoin for drug trafficking and other crimes is headed for its highest-profile test yet, as a trial begins for the alleged creator of an online marketplace catering to vice.
Four men charged in gunfight that kills Kansas gun shop owner
(Reuters) – Four men who got into a gunfight that killed the owner of a Kansas gun shop will face first-degree murder charges, the Kansas City Star reported on Sunday, citing county records.
U.S. Transportation Dept official Feinberg to lead rail regulator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sarah Feinberg, the U.S. secretary of transportation’s chief of staff, will lead the nation’s railroad regulator as the department works to finalize oil train safety rules, according to an agency email sent on Sunday.
Police say gunman in Idaho shooting spree had multiple weapons
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A 29-year-old man who killed three people and critically wounded another during a shooting spree in the northern Idaho city of Moscow had five weapons in his car, police said on Sunday.
U.S. almost ready to consider loosening trucking curbs: Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Transportation will soon be ready to consider lifting restrictions on Mexican trucking firms seeking to operate throughout the United States, Mexico’s Communications and Transport Ministry said on Sunday.
Florida fugitive in custody after 37 years
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida man who failed to surrender himself for a 10-month prison sentence nearly four decades ago has been arrested in Mexico and will be arraigned in a U.S. federal court this week.
Camel tramples two people to death in Texas
(Reuters) – A male camel in rut trampled two people to death at the Camel Kisses farm in north Texas, KFDX television station reported on Sunday.
North Dakota county feels Bakken boom ebb away as oil falls
CROSBY, N.D. (Reuters) – Just over a decade ago, this sleepy farming community on the fringe of North Dakota’s Bakken shale formation hosted the state’s first horizontal oil well to be hydraulically fractured, or fracked, helping set in motion an econo…
Christie may reach for reset button in New Jersey state of state
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, under pressure to decide whether to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016, has a chance next week to reset his governorship after being stymied all year by national controversies a…
Illinois inauguration raises questions of corporate influence
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Incoming Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner campaigned as a reformer of the state’s often corrupt politics.
