Drone in close call with New York police helicopter, two arrested
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two men accused of flying a drone so close to a New York police helicopter that it was forced off course to avoid crashing have been charged with reckless endangerment, police said on Tuesday.
Drone in close call with New York police helicopter, two arrested
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two men accused of flying a drone so close to a New York police helicopter that it was forced off course to avoid crashing have been charged with reckless endangerment, police said on Tuesday.
Two dozen rescued after being stranded on California roller coaster
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two dozen people, four of them slightly injured, were left stranded high off the ground after a roller coaster ride struck a tree branch at a Six Flags amusement park in southern California on Monday evening, fire officials said…
California cop spared charges in mistaken killing of boy with toy gun
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Northern California prosecutors have decided against bringing criminal charges against a sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who was carrying a plastic replica of an assault rifle that the officer mistook for …
Bahrain orders out visiting U.S. official: state news agency
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrain on Monday ordered a visiting senior U.S. official to leave the kingdom immediately because he had “intervened flagrantly” in the country’s internal affairs, the state news agency BNA said.
White House says most children at border to be sent home
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Monday that most unaccompanied minors flooding into the United States from Central America will not be allowed to stay as the Obama administration prepares to ask Congress for $2 billion to address the bor…
Venezuelan man charged in Miami with fish and coral smuggling
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Venezuelan man charged with smuggling more than 100 specimens of fish and live coral out of the United States in his luggage faces five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after he was arrested trying to board a plane from Miami to …
Florida teenager at center of escalating Israeli-Palestinian conflict
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Family and friends of a Florida teenager who says he was beaten by Israeli police while in detention describe him as a typical U.S. high school student.
Maine companies sued over treatment of migrant blueberry pickers
BOWDOINHAM Maine (Reuters) – Two Maine companies and a labor recruiter are being sued for allegedly mistreating Haitian migrant workers during the state’s wild blueberry harvest in 2008.
Massachusetts judge OKs moving ex-NFLer Hernandez to Boston jail
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge agreed on Monday to transfer former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez to a state jail near Boston and closer to his lawyers as he prepares for two trials where he will face charges of murdering three…
