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.
GM ignition-switch victims’ families to accept compensation offer: lawyer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The families of two victims killed in a General Motors Co vehicle with a faulty ignition switch will accept offers from a program set up to provide compensation for crash injuries and deaths, a lawyer for the family said on Thursda…
NYC boosted subway security after Iraq warning: police commissioner
(Reuters) – New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton said on Thursday that the department boosted police presence on subways and city streets after the Iraqi prime minister’s warning of a potential threat to transit systems from Islamist milit…
Magnitude 6.2 quake hits Alaska near Anchorage, no immediate damage reported
JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) – A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Alaska on Thursday near Anchorage, but the U.S. Geological Survey said there was little likelihood of casualties or severe damage from shaking generated by the deeply rooted tremor.
Four Memphis cops suspended over porta-potty arrest: report
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – Four Memphis police officers have been suspended with pay for tipping over a portable toilet where a suspect had tried to hide, after a video of the Sept. 19 arrest circulated widely on social media, the Commercial Appeal newspape…
Suspect in Virginia student abduction held without bond in Texas
GALVESTON Texas (Reuters) – A man suspected of abducting a University of Virginia student will be held without bond in Texas pending his extradition to Virginia, a Texas county judge ruled on Thursday.
