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.
Ex-fiancee of boxer Floyd Mayweather accuses him of online humiliation
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s ex-fiancee filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing him of humiliating her after their breakup by posting online a copy of a sonogram from when she was pregnant with twins and saying she had an abortion….
