Egyptian militants say killed American oil engineer
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s deadliest militant group said on Monday it was behind the killing of an American petroleum engineer whose body was found in a car in a desert region almost four months ago.
LA Kings’ Voynov pleads not guilty in domestic violence case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov on Monday pleaded not guilty to felony domestic assault for allegedly attacking his wife in October, the Los Angeles County district attorney said.
Chicago police to adopt body cameras, other post-Ferguson changes
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The head of the Chicago Police Department, the second biggest in the United States, said on Monday its officers will start wearing body cameras and it will make other changes after a fatal police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, in A…
U.S. top court divided over Facebook death threats case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court appeared conflicted on Monday over whether to uphold the conviction of a Pennsylvania man found guilty of making threatening statements to his estranged wife, law enforcement officers and others on social m…
New York horse and buggy drivers fear imminent job loss
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hundreds of New York horse and buggy drivers could be on the road to unemployment if a ban of the historic trade makes its way through the city council, a union representing carriage drivers said on Monday.
U.S. military warned of possible Islamic State attacks at home: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials have warned military personnel that Islamic State forces may be planning attacks against them in the United States, ABC News reported on Monday.
Obama requests $263 million for federal response to Ferguson, Mo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama asked Congress on Monday for $263 million for the federal response to the civil rights upheaval in Ferguson, Missouri, and is setting up a task force to study how to improve modern-day policing.
No fine for Rams players involved in Ferguson protest: NFL
(Reuters) – The National Football League said on Monday it would not discipline the St. Louis Rams players who staged a show of solidarity with people angry about the controversial shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer in Ferg…
Wife of NFL’s Rice says he never hit her before casino fight
(Reuters) – Janay Rice, the wife of former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, insisted in an interview on NBC’s “Today” program that her husband had never hit her prior to their fight in a New Jersey casino elevator in February.
Cyber ring stole secrets for gaming U.S. stock market: FireEye
BOSTON (Reuters) – Security researchers say they have uncovered a cyber espionage ring focused on stealing corporate secrets for the purpose of gaming the stock market, in an operation that has compromised sensitive data about dozens of publicly held c…
