Some gamblers at Atlantic City’s closing casinos will not return: Fitch
(Reuters) – Four Atlantic City casinos are closing this year, but not all of their gamblers will return to visit eight others that have survived in the down-on-its-luck New Jersey resort.
U.S. says no precise threat to homeland from Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is not aware of any specific threat to the U.S. homeland from Islamic State militants, the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday after Britain raised its international terrorism threat level.
John Walker, mastermind of notorious spy ring, dies in U.S. prison
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) – A former U.S. Navy warrant officer who orchestrated a spy ring for the Soviets that was considered one of the most damaging security breaches in American history has died at a federal prison in North Carolina, a prison sp…
Man charged with wire fraud in $1 million Miami Heat ticket scam
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Miami man has been charged with wire fraud in connection with a scam that yielded millions of dollars from investors and a premium ticket package for the Miami Heat NBA basketball team, prosecutors said on Friday.
New Hampshire men sentenced as teens to life in prison granted new hearings
MANCHESTER N.H. (Reuters) – New Hampshire’s highest court has ruled that four men serving life in prison for murders committed when they were teenagers have the right to new sentencing hearings because of a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
U.N. urges U.S. to stop police brutality after Missouri shooting
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. racism watchdog urged the United States on Friday to halt the excessive use of force by police after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman touched off riots in Ferguson, Missouri.
Wildlife officials capture crocodile suspected in Florida attack
MIAMI (Reuters) – Florida wildlife officials trapped a large crocodile on Friday believed to have attacked a pair of late-night swimmers in a first for the Sunshine State, a spokesman said.
More than a dozen injured in bus crash at Chicago’s O’Hare airport
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A shuttle bus crash on Friday at O’Hare International Airport injured at least 13 people, four of them seriously, Chicago fire officials said.
Closing arguments expected in trial of Virginia ex-governor, wife
RICHMOND Va. (Reuters) – Closing arguments were scheduled on Friday in the federal corruption trial of former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife, who are charged with accepting gifts and sweetheart loans from a businessman.
California passes ‘yes-means-yes’ campus sexual assault bill
(Reuters) – Californian lawmakers passed a law on Thursday requiring universities to adopt “affirmative consent” language in their definitions of consensual sex, part of a nationwide drive to curb sexual assault on U.S. campuses.
