Detroit policeman’s negligence led to girl’s death: prosecutors
DETROIT (Reuters) – Prosecutors told a Detroit jury on Thursday that a police officer’s willful negligence led to the 2010 shooting death of a sleeping 7-year-old girl during a raid – a case that has sparked concerns about use of police force.
California triples tax breaks for film production
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Thursday tripling California’s tax breaks for entertainment companies doing business in Hollywood’s home state, in an effort to stop production moving elsewhere.
Pakistani woman embraced by Islamic State seeks to drop U.S. legal appeal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Pakistan-born neuroscientist has become a rallying cry for militant groups demanding her release from a U.S. prison. But in a little-noticed move she is trying to abandon her legal fight for freedom, saying the U.S. court system …
U.S. says 7.3 million with Obamacare health plans have paid premiums
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Thursday said 7.3 million people were up to date on their monthly premiums for private health plans under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law as of Aug. 15.
Pennsylvania newlyweds get life without parole in Craigslist killing
(Reuters) – The Pennsylvania newlyweds who admitted using Craigslist to lure a victim for a thrill-killing were sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without parole in a plea deal that spared them from the death penalty, a defense spokeswoman said.
Iraq loses U.S. appeal in U.N. oil-for-food lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Iraq’s effort to sue dozens of companies for allegedly conspiring with the Saddam Hussein regime to subvert the United Nations’ oil-for-food program and deprive Iraqi citizens of hu…
U.S. fines company $3 million over bogus Ab Glider weight loss claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Icon Health and Fitness will pay $3 million to settle charges that it violated an earlier consent order from the Federal Trade commission by saying that using its “Ab Glider” for three minutes a day would result in significant we…
Google, Mercedes, Audi get California permits for self-driving cars
(Reuters) – California issued its first 29 permits this week to three companies to test self-driving cars on public roads, state officials said on Thursday.
U.S. attorney general announces grant to study police racial profiling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday announced the award of a $4.75 million three-year grant to a group of educational and research organizations to study arrest data in five U.S. cities and implement changes to combat a…
U.S. wasted $6.5 million on Afghan broadcast towers: inquiry
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Six communications towers built in Afghanistan were never used and were a waste of more than $6.5 million in U.S. taxpayer funds, an inquiry into U.S. State Department spending on Afghan reconstruction said on Thur…
