Utah opens criminal probe into Stericycle medical waste incinerator
(Reuters) – Utah Governor Gary Herbert asked the state’s attorney general on Thursday to open a criminal probe into allegations of misconduct at a medical waste incinerator that environmental activists have accused of polluting the air.
Ex-Seattle coach accused of filming scantily clad girls on trips
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A former Seattle private school coach has been indicted on child pornography related charges over accusations he secretly filmed teenage girls changing clothes or exiting the shower on annual cross-border ski trips, a U.S. Attorney’…
One killed in incident at Oklahoma food distribution center: police
(Reuters) – One woman has been killed and a man transported to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds on Thursday in what police said was a fight at a Moore, Oklahoma, food distribution center.
Connecticut prosecutors seek new hearing for man convicted of 2007 triple murder
MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) – Connecticut prosecutors are calling for the state Superior Court to hold a hearing to determine if a man sentenced to death for killing a woman and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion is entitled to a new trial.
Remains of two bodies identified at notorious Florida boys’ school
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Two adolescent boys were identified on Thursday from among the remains exhumed from a notorious Florida reform school, where they were buried in unmarked graves over a half century ago, researchers said.
Police probe threats to Colorado school board member’s child
DENVER (Reuters) – Police in Colorado are investigating alleged threats made to a school board member’s child in the state’s second-largest school district, where hundreds of students protested this week over proposed curriculum changes, authorities sa…
ACLU sues over immigrant’s detention under Arizona immigration law
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A civil rights group filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday alleging sheriff’s deputies unlawfully arrested and detained an immigrant following a 2012 traffic stop under Arizona’s controversial anti-immigration law.
Militant in Syria beheading videos identified: FBI
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A masked Islamic State militant seen wielding a knife in videos at the beheading of two Americans has been identified, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday, but he declined to give the person’s name or nationality.
U.S. SEC wins hundreds of millions in Wyly fraud case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Texas tycoon Sam Wyly and his late brother Charles’ estate must pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a fraudulent offshore scheme, a U.S. judge said on Thursday, one of the largest …
Fewer New York state municipalities in fiscal stress: study
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The number of counties, cities, towns and villages in New York state experiencing fiscal stress fell to 35 in 2013 compared with 40 during the previous year, a report by the state’s top financial watchdog showed on Thursday.
