Illinois family charged with shoplifting, selling goods online for millions
(Reuters) – An Illinois couple and their daughter on Wednesday were charged with operating a multimillion-dollar shoplifting ring that involved stealing toys, baby supplies and household items from retail stores and selling them on eBay, prosecutors sa…
California governor seeks drought help from Israel’s Netanyahu
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown told visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that he hoped Israeli water technology could help his state deal with a devastating drought.
Bin Laden relative on trial was his right-hand man: U.S. prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, proclaimed the September 11, 2001, attacks were al Qaeda’s doing and called on others to fight for the Islamist militants, a prosecutor told jurors at the start of his trial on …
California third-graders caught smoking pot in school bathroom
(Reuters) – Three third-graders were caught smoking marijuana in the boys’ bathroom of their northern California elementary school last week in what the local police chief says marked the youngest pot bust he has ever encountered.
College-entrance SAT exam set for major overhaul in 2016
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – An obligatory essay, arcane vocabulary words and penalties for wrong answers will be gone from the widely used SAT exam as of 2016 as administrators try to make the standardized test more reflective of a student’s readiness fo…
Massachusetts shares blame for crime lab scandal, court says
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts’ top court ruled on Wednesday that the state shares blame for thousands of drug convictions tainted by crime lab chemist Annie Dookhan, who admitted to faking test results over nearly a decade.
Death threats made to official in U.S. IRS scandal: lawyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several death threats have been made against a former U.S. Internal Revenue Service officer who played a key role in last year’s ‘Tea Party’ scandal at the IRS, the officer’s lawyer said on Wednesday after a brief but dramatic co…
No legitimate claim to $10 million California gold find, firm says
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The currency firm representing a California couple who found $10 million worth of rare Gold Rush-era coins buried on their property says no valid claim to the collection has emerged, despite rumors that the stash was swiped in…
Pittsburgh man charged with killing Iowa lawmaker’s sisters
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – A Pittsburgh man was arrested on Wednesday and charged with killing his neighbors, two sisters of an Iowa lawmaker, during a robbery at their home last month, police said.
Lawsuit challenges Arizona’s limits on use of abortion drug
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Two women’s healthcare providers have filed a federal lawsuit in Arizona to block new regulations that would limit the use of the most popular abortion-inducing drug in the state, officials disclosed on Wednesday.
