FBI gets package mailed by gunman killed at Florida university
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – Authorities are investigating mailed packages linked to a gunman who shot three people before he was killed by officers at Florida State University, the FBI said on Friday.
U.S. threatens to cut food stamp funding to Maine in photo ID row
BRUNSWICK Maine (Reuters) – The federal government has threatened to cut funding for Maine’s food stamp program, saying the state may be violating recipients’ civil rights by requiring welfare cards to bear their photograph.
Man charged with murder of Indiana teenage girl
(Reuters) – A prosecutor charged a man with murder on Friday in the death of a teenage girl whose bound and partially burned body was found in an Indianapolis homeowner’s backyard in August.
Pentagon reforms aim to curb predatory sales targeting troops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Moving to curb predatory sales practices targeting U.S. military personnel, the Pentagon said on Friday it was reforming its payment system for troops to prevent them from using direct salary deductions to buy consumer goods like…
Texas teen arrested in porn sting posed as elementary school student
DALLAS (Reuters) – A 17-year-old Texan arrested in a pornography sting this week allegedly posed as a 12-year-old elementary school student in the Fort Worth area and tried to prey on children for illicit purposes, police said on Friday.
NYC officer’s gun may have discharged accidentally in man’s death: commissioner
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City police officer shot and killed an unarmed man in a dimly lit stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project in what may have been an “accidental discharge” of his weapon, Commissioner Bill Bratton said on Friday.
Cleared of murder, Ohio man released from prison after 39 years
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man who spent 39 years in prison for a murder he did not commit was freed on Friday after becoming the longest-held U.S. prisoner to be exonerated.
Walmart workers announce Black Friday protest locations
(Reuters) – A pressure group pushing for higher wages at Walmart stores said employees would stage protests at 1,600 U.S. stores on Black Friday, including 60 in Washington, D.C.
Conservatives, states set to launch legal blitz against Obama over immigration
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The morning after President Barack Obama announced his sweeping action to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, conservative groups and states were already pulling together legal strategies to dismantle the plan.
Widespread flooding ahead for snowy western New York: officials
EVANS N.Y. (Reuters) – Warm temperatures and rain were forecast for the weekend in the city of Buffalo and western New York, bringing the threat of widespread flooding to the region bound for days by deep snow.
