Violent U.S. crime drops again, reaches 1970s level: FBI
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. violent crimes including murders fell 4.4 percent in 2013 to their lowest number since the 1970s, continuing a decades-long downturn, the FBI said on Monday.
U.S. Postal Service data breach may compromise staff, customer details
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Postal Service was the victim of a cyber attack that may have compromised the personal information of more than 800,000 employees, as well as data on customers who contacted its call center during the first eight months …
No domestic abuse charges to be filed against NFL’s McDonald
(Reuters) – San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald will not be charged with assaulting his pregnant fiancée, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.
U.S. transgender people welcome easier path to amend birth papers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Naz Seenauth’s driver’s license says he is male. His birth certificate says he is female. The mismatch, he says, is deeply frustrating.
Texas Governor Perry gets support in felony case from bipartisan lawyers
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – A bipartisan and high-profile group of lawyers on Monday filed a brief seeking to have abuse of power felony charges against Texas Governor Rick Perry thrown out, arguing the indictment against him is constitutionally flawed.
Lost church group rescued from mountains near Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Fifteen members of a church group who became lost during a hike in the mountains outside Los Angeles over the weekend were spotted from the air on Monday and were being rescued by helicopter, a county sheriff’s spokesman said.
‘Breaking Bad’-inspired Washington, D.C., student sentenced for ricin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A “Breaking Bad”-inspired Georgetown University student who made the deadly chemical ricin in his dormitory room was sentenced on Monday to a year in jail.
Pennsylvania inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal sues over state speech law
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Mumia Abu-Jamal, serving life in prison for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer, and supporters filed a federal lawsuit on Monday challenging a state law enacted after a college graduation speech the activist inmate gav…
Milwaukee man sentenced for stealing $5 million Stradivarius violin
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Milwaukee man was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday for stealing a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin from a concert musician after a performance, court records showed.
Early snow falls on northern U.S., cold sweeping south
(Reuters) – An Arctic blast began to dump heavy snows in parts of the northern Rockies and Plains and the Great Lakes regions on Monday as temperatures are expected to plummet throughout the United States, according to meteorologists.
