Man pleads guilty in Texas to rhino horn smuggling
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – An Asian art dealer based in a Dallas suburb pleaded guilty on Tuesday to being part of a ring that smuggled more than $1 million of rhino horn and elephant ivory from the United States to China, U.S. prosecutors said.
More than 50 dogs killed in Dallas house fire
DALLAS (Reuters) – More than 50 dogs were killed and two people injured when a fire swept through a Dallas house on Tuesday, fire officials said.
California eatery marks fois gras ban with free pate portions
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – In a special offer to wistful diners on the two-year anniversary of California’s foie gras ban, a Napa Valley restaurant plans to serve up the culinary delicacy to a select number of its patrons next month – for free.
Convicted NY child molester launches new bid to clear name
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man who spent 13 years in prison for molesting children in the 1980s is relaunching his decade-long bid to clear his name, court papers show, reviving a controversy that was made the subject of an Oscar-nominated documen…
Caribbean cocaine flows to United States keep rising: U.S. official
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – The percentage of cocaine flowing to the United States through the Caribbean has more than tripled in the past three years, an Obama administration official said on Tuesday, adding weight to claims that criminal organizations …
U.S. investigators propose review of flight controls after Asiana crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators on Tuesday said Boeing Co should consider modifying flight controls on the 777 jetliner in response to an Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco last July that killed three people and injured more than 180.
U.S. police forces ‘dangerously’ militarized, rights group says
(Reuters) – Police SWAT teams are forcing their way into homes, often using explosive devices, simply to serve drug possession search warrants in tactics that a leading civil rights groups said on Tuesday treated civilians as wartime enemies.
Pennsylvania man sentenced for selling $270,000 in stolen phones
(Reuters) – A former Pennsylvania Verizon Wireless employee was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday for stealing 900 cell phones and accessories and selling them online for more than $270,000, prosecutors said.
Two arrested in 25-year-old Michigan murder mystery
(Reuters) – Two Michigan brothers were arrested Tuesday and charged with the 25-year-old murder of a young woman in a case that has long frustrated law enforcement, officials said.
U.S. Air Force to resume F-35A fighter jet flights Wednesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force said it will resume flights of Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 A-model fighter jets at a Florida air base on Wednesday, two days after one of the jets caught fire while preparing for takeoff.
