California man charged with kidnapping girl, holding her 10 years
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) – A California man accused of abducting a 15-year-old girl and holding her captive for a decade was charged on Thursday with rape and kidnapping, as his lawyer suggested the teenager went with him willingly and was treat…
Texas has 7 of the 15 fastest-growing U.S. cities
DALLAS (Reuters) – Texas-sized is getting bigger with seven of the nation’s 15 rapidly growing cities located in the Lone Star State, which dominated the rankings of a U.S. Census Bureau report released on Thursday.
Dallas Mavericks owner criticized for his comments on race
DALLAS (Reuters) – Mark Cuban, the outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, on Thursday defended comments he made about race and bigotry when asked at a business conference to address the controversy over banned Los Angeles Clippers own…
U.S. steps up scrutiny of American fighters in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department has tapped a veteran prosecutor to probe the flow of foreign fighters, including Americans, who are joining Syria’s rebels, U.S. officials said, in a sign of heightened alarm over the threat of radicalized …
Arizona governor calls special session on $60 million child protection plan
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has called the state legislature into special session to create a new child-welfare agency, after the current agency was rocked by revelations that workers never investigated nearly 6,600 hotline reports …
U.S. gov’t workers owed $3.3 billion in delinquent taxes in 2013: IRS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. government workers owed $3.3 billion in delinquent taxes last year but were still better at staying current with the Internal Revenue Service than the general public, the IRS said on Thursday.
FBI, in historic policy change, to record interrogations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI and several other U.S. federal law enforcement agencies will reverse a policy that has long prohibited the recording of interrogations of people held in custody, a Justice Department memo sent last week said.
1998 U.S. embassy bombing suspect loses bid to get charges dismissed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alleged senior al Qaeda figure Anas al-Liby lost a bid on Thursday to have charges against him dismissed in connection with the deadly 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
New Jersey gun control bill passes Assembly, heads to governor’s desk
(Reuters) – The New Jersey state Assembly on Thursday sent Governor Chris Christie a gun control bill that would limit the capacity of gun ammunition magazines, but it was unclear whether the Republican governor would sign the measure into law.
Killer of three may be last to get death penalty in Connecticut
BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) – A Connecticut man found guilty of a 2006 triple murder was sentenced to death on Thursday in what was likely to be the last capital punishment sentence in the state.
