Somali-American man faces sentencing in Oregon bomb plot
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – A Somali-American man convicted of trying to blow up a Christmas tree lighting celebration in Oregon four years ago will be sentenced on Wednesday with prosecutors urging that he be sent to federal prison for four decades.
Notorious Florida speed trap ended as city closes police department
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – A 50-year-old nationally recognized speed trap in north central Florida came to an end as of midnight Wednesday after the city of Waldo voted to disband its police department.
Canada’s Club Coffee sues Keurig Green Mountain for $600 million
(Reuters) – Canada’s Club Coffee said it was suing K-cup coffee pod maker Keurig Green Mountain Inc for engaging in anti-competitive measures to maintain a near monopoly and keep single-serve coffee prices artificially high.
Pepsi to launch naturally sweetened soda on Amazon, bypassing stores
NEW YORK (Reuters) – PepsiCo Inc for the first time is introducing a product exclusively through Amazon.com Inc as the snack and soft drink maker aims to expand its footprint in e-commerce.
U.S. courts deny trafficking victims lost wages: study
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Most victims of sex and labour trafficking in the United States fail to get any back pay, despite a U.S. law requiring courts to order convicted traffickers to pay their lost wages, a new study has found.
Mayor of Los Angeles suburb of Bell Gardens shot dead
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The mayor of a small Los Angeles suburb was shot dead by his wife on Tuesday but the woman was released without charge after being detained, the county sheriff’s department said.
Pennsylvania trooper shot dead during gun training
(Reuters) – The Pennsylvania State Police said a trooper was accidentally shot dead late on Tuesday during a training exercise at a facility outside Philadelphia.
Two drivers hit 10-year-old girl in Seattle, speed away
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle police said on Tuesday they were searching for two drivers who gravely injured a 10-year-old girl in back-to-back collisions and then “sped away” with her “still on the ground”.
Idaho polygamous sect member gets 90 days on child injury charges
SALMON Idaho (Reuters) – A member of a breakaway Mormon polygamous group on Tuesday was sentenced by a judge to 90 days in jail on child injury charges for the mistreatment of teenage boys placed in his Idaho home as discipline by the sect, a prosecuto…
Sister of accused Boston Marathon bombers pleads not guilty to bomb threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The sister of the accused Boston Marathon bombers pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges she made a threatening phone call to a woman, telling her she could “put a bomb where you live.”
