American detained in North Korea was on vacation tour, lawyer says
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – The U.S. citizen detained in North Korea, Jeffrey Fowle, 56, is a father of three with a passion for adventure who was in the country as part of a vacation tour, his lawyer said on Monday.
Citi loses bid to stop L.A. mortgage discrimination suit
(Reuters) – A lawsuit by the City of Los Angeles accusing Citigroup Inc of mortgage discrimination can go forward, a federal judge ruled on Monday, turning down the bank’s motion to dismiss the case stemming from last decade’s real estate boom.
Killers of Las Vegas cops harbored anti-government ideology
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A married couple who shot dead two Las Vegas police officers in a weekend pizza parlor ambush harbored anti-government and white supremacist ideology and threw a swastika on the body of one of the officers they gunned down, police…
Philadelphia Catholic Church clears priest, ends abuse claims review
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia has cleared a priest accused of sexually abusing minors and let him remain in the clergy as it wrapped up an internal review of 26 priests put on leave after a 2011 grand jury repo…
Two ex-BDO vice chairmen get prison for tax shelter scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two former vice chairmen of accounting firm BDO Seidman were sentenced to prison on Monday after pleading guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to defraud the United States through the promotion of tax shelters.
LA teacher accused of ordering teens at knife-point to take him for fast food
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police in Southern California have arrested a high school teacher accused of abducting three students at knife-point and ordering them to drive him to a fast-food outlet, authorities said.
New trial set in Florida teen’s death over loud music dispute
JACKSONVILLE Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida judge has set a retrial date of Sept. 22 for a man facing charges that he murdered a teenager during an argument at a Jacksonville gas station over blaring rap music.
Massachusetts man pleads guilty to voting in New Hampshire primary
BOSTON (Reuters) – New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation U.S. presidential nominating primary has long drawn activists from around New England who travel into the state to support candidates in rallies and door-to-door visits with voters.
Killers of Las Vegas cops harbored anti-government ideology: police
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – The couple who shot two Las Vegas police officers to death in a weekend ambush before killing a bystander and themselves in a nearby Wal-Mart harbored anti-law enforcement, anti-government ideologies but are believed to have acted…
Chicago suburban man charged with killing wife, daughter
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Leaving a note saying he was “a failure at everything,” a suburban Chicago man strangled his wife and teenage wheelchair-bound daughter and then tried to slit his wrists, officials said on Monday.
