New York businessman gets 34-month prison term for ‘Rebecca’ Broadway scam
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former New York businessman was sentenced to nearly three years in prison Friday after admitting to defrauding the producers of Broadway production “Rebecca – The Musical” through an elaborate scheme involving nonexistent foreign…
Fears grow in United States over Ebola’s spread outside West Africa
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fears are growing in the United States about Ebola with about 200 airline cabin cleaners walking off the job in New York and some lawmakers demanding the government ban travelers from the West African countries hit harde…
Comment triggers Ebola scare on flight from Philadelphia: reports
(Reuters) – An incident on board a U.S. Airways flight from Philadelphia caused an Ebola scare this week, leading officials to investigate the plane when it landed in the Dominican Republic, the airline said on Friday.
U.S. Air Force probed for scrapping costly planes bought for Afghans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. government watchdog agency is asking the Air Force to explain why it destroyed 16 aircraft initially bought for the Afghan air force and turn them into $32,000 of scrap metal instead of finding other ways to salvage nearly…
Alaskan gay marriage ban to be debated in federal court
JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) – A federal judge will hear oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging Alaska’s 16-year-old constitutional ban on gay marriage on Friday, following a week of court rulings backing same-sex unions in seven other states.
California golf coach sentenced to 27 years for murder plot, abuse
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A San Francisco-area boys’ golf coach was sentenced to over 27 years in prison on Thursday on charges of molesting three of his underage students and then plotting to kill his accusers from jail, prosecutors said.
Obama to declare Los Angeles-area mountains national monument
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama will declare a swath of the San Gabriel Mountains near Los Angeles as a national monument on Friday, the White House said, following an 11-year effort that got caught up in partisan politics.
Police, protesters clash in St. Louis ahead of weekend of rallies
ST LOUIS Mo (Reuters) – Police clashed with protesters in St. Louis on Thursday for a second night after an officer killed a black teenager, ahead of a weekend of planned rallies in the area over the August killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Bro…
Nevada issues first marriage licenses to gay couples; some states push back
CARSON CITY/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Nevada began issuing marriage licenses to gay couples on Thursday after a district judge removed the final hurdle to same-sex matrimony in the state, hours after a conservative group withdrew a last-ditch effort to blo…
No charges over Palin family drunken Alaska birthday brawl: police
JUNEAU (Reuters) – Anchorage prosecutors declined to file criminal charges over a bloody, booze-fueled brawl involving the family of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin at a birthday party, police said on Thursday as they released a report describing th…
