Equatorial Guinea VP loses Michael Jackson statues in U.S. settlement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge in California announced a $30 million settlement on Friday between the United States and a vice president of Equatorial Guinea that requires him to forfeit his U.S. assets, including a collection of six life-sized…
Kansas attorney general seeks to block gay marriages
KANSAS CITY Kan. (Reuters) – The Kansas attorney general on Friday asked the state Supreme Court to block same-sex marriage licenses, filing the petition hours after two women were married outside a county courthouse.
Virginia tells agencies to clear way for adoptions by gay couples
RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) – Virginia same-sex couples can now legally adopt children and also become foster parents, the Virginia Department of Social Services said in a bulletin on Friday to its local offices across the state.
Case against Detroit policeman who shot child ends in second mistrial
DETROIT (Reuters) – A judge declared a second mistrial on Friday in the case of a Detroit police officer who fatally shot a sleeping girl during a raid in 2010, after a jury was unable to reach a verdict.
New York man shot 15 minutes after release from prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – After spending 15 years in prison, a New York man was shot within minutes of his release after he got into a car not knowing that another ex-convict with a gun and a grudge was hiding in the trunk, state police said on Friday.
Homeland Security chief appoints Secret Service review panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday named four people to conduct an independent review of the Secret Service after a series of security breaches including a fence jumper who got into the White House last month.
HIV-positive Alabama pastor confesses to sex with parishioners: reports
(Reuters) – A veteran Alabama pastor who confessed to having sex with parishioners on church grounds while HIV-positive has defied attempts to remove him from his post, media reported on Friday.
U.S. senator lifts objections to $750 million Ebola funding shift
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department won permission to shift $750 million in war funds to fight Ebola in West Africa as a Republican senator on Friday lifted his remaining objections to the transfer.
Michigan truck driver files coercion charge against UAW union
DETROIT (Reuters) – A truck driver in Michigan filed a charge of coercion against the United Auto Workers union for keeping her from exercising her right to quit the union and stop paying dues, according to the National Right to Work Foundation.
Berkshire-owned Dairy Queen says customer data hacked in 46 states
(Reuters) – Ice cream and fast-food restaurant chain Dairy Queen has confirmed a security breach that may have compromised the payment card information of customers at several hundred locations across 46 U.S. states.
