Accused Spanish drug lord convicted in Miami for drug money laundering
MIAMI (Reuters) – The head of a transatlantic cocaine smuggling ring dubbed “Los Miami” has been convicted of laundering more than $26 million in the United States through multimillion-dollar waterfront condos and exotic sports cars.
Lawsuit seeks details of standoff at Nevada ranch
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – An advocacy group for public employees sued the Bureau of Land Management on Thursday, seeking documents detailing the agency’s actions during an armed standoff with militia in a dispute over a Nevada rancher’s grazing rights.
Sears worker in upstate New York dies after shelves collapse
(Reuters) – A Sears employee in northern New York has died of injuries suffered when storage racks at the store collapsed and pinned him underneath, authorities said.
Freed war prisoner Bergdahl leaves Germany for U.S.: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who spent five years as a Taliban prisoner of war before being released on May 31, left a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Thursday headed to San Antonio, where he will receive further treatment, …
Alabama Republicans say voter fraud found after offering reward
(Reuters) – Alabama Republicans, who offered a $1,000 reward for substantiated reports of voter fraud in this month’s primary elections, said on Thursday they plan to forward credible evidence of wrongdoing to state prosecutors.
Serial bank robber’s 45-year sentence too harsh: appeals court
(Reuters) – A 45-year prison sentence leveled against a serial bank robber, who once appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show as a “bank robbing pimp,” was too harsh and must be reconsidered, a U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Thursday.
Florida Supreme Court rules against red light cameras in two cities
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – Florida drivers caught on camera running red lights before 2010 could qualify for refunds on their tickets under a ruling by the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday.
Second German tourist dies during Grand Canyon holiday
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A German tourist was killed when his kayak capsized on the Colorado River in Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park, authorities said on Thursday, the second German visitor to die in the park this week.
Texas man sues doctors for removing wrong kidney
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Texas man has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $1 million in damages from two doctors he said were responsible for removing his healthy kidney and leaving a cancerous one in his body.
Ban on rope swinging from Utah arch rock formations considered
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Federal officials in Utah are deciding whether to outlaw the increasingly popular daredevil pastime of swinging on ropes dangled from towering sandstone arches and cliffs after one man died and another was badly hurt in the a…
