Detroit CFO sees tough climb to reach revenue targets
DETROIT (Reuters) – Revenue projections in Detroit’s debt adjustment plan will be hard to achieve, but restructuring initiatives will bring in new money and help make Detroit’s plan feasible, Detroit’s chief financial officer said Thursday in the city’…
New York City police to test wearable cameras in coming months
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s police commissioner unveiled body cameras on Thursday that his department will start testing soon, demonstrating the equipment by playing a short video showing a notably good-natured traffic stop from an officer’s p…
Maine man once arrested for gun tattoo pleads guilty to drug charge
BOWDOINHAM Maine (Reuters) – A Maine man arrested by heavily armed police officers after a gun tattoo on his belly was mistaken for a weapon has pleaded guilty to unrelated drug charges after a second arrest in which he was carrying an actual gun.
Georgia father charged with murder in son’s hot-car death
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia man accused of intentionally leaving his 22-month-old son strapped inside a hot car and exchanging nude photos with women as the child was dying was indicted on three counts of murder on Thursday by a grand jury.
Family friend arrested after missing girl found dead in Arizona
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A family friend was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of first-degree murder and kidnapping after the body of a missing 8-year-old girl was discovered in a shallow grave in northwest Arizona, police said.
Hackers break into server for Obamacare website: U.S. officials
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An unknown hacker or hackers broke into a computer server supporting the HealthCare.gov website through which consumers enroll in Obamacare health insurance, a government cybersecurity team discovered last week, apparently uploadin…
Illinois pension reform lawsuit may be resolved this year
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois circuit court judge on Thursday indicated that consolidated lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of a new pension reform law could be resolved by the end of the year given a State Supreme Court ruling on pension be…
Bitcoin promoter pleads guilty to unlicensed use of currency
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man who helped to promote bitcoin wants to remain in the business despite pleading guilty Thursday to indirectly helping send more than $1 million in the digital currency to users of the illicit online marketplace Silk Road, his …
Pregnant inmates sometimes mistreated in Montana jails, ACLU says
(Reuters) – Pregnant inmates in Montana’s county jails have at times been shackled while in labor or forced to deliver their babies in detention without medical assistance, a civil rights group said in a report issued on Thursday.
From suburban Maryland, U.S. firm tracks gruesome jihadi videos
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – From an office in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Maryland, a small team scans the Web 24 hours a day for jihadi videos often featuring gruesome executions by groups such as Islamic State.
