Detroit gets $350 million financing lifeline from Barclays
(Reuters) – Barclays will provide cash-strapped Detroit with up to $350 million in debtor-in-possession financing in the wake of its municipal bankruptcy filing in July, Detroit’s top official said on Friday.
Wives hired rabbis to kidnap, torture husbands: U.S. prosecutors
(Reuters) – A pair of Orthodox Jewish rabbis hired themselves out for years to unhappy wives who wanted their husbands kidnapped and beaten until they agreed to divorces, federal prosecutors in New Jersey said on Friday after arresting 10 men they said…
California governor vetoes tough gun control bills
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed several closely watched gun control bills on Friday, a move that essentially rebuffs an effort by fellow Democrats to enact a sweeping expansion of firearms regulation in the mos…
Big role for bonds, taxes in California election next month
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Of the 74 local ballot measures before California voters in November’s off-year election, 47 propose bonds or tax increases, including a sales tax hike in Stockton needed to help the city exit from bankruptcy, according to a r…
U.S. Air Force fires general overseeing nuclear missiles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The two-star general overseeing the U.S. arsenal of intercontinental missiles was fired on Friday for personal misbehavior, the Air Force said, adding the matter was not tied to the readiness or security of America’s nuclear miss…
San Francisco-area transit strike postponed, talks go on
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A strike that could cripple the San Francisco Bay area’s commuter rail system has been averted for the weekend as contract talks continue, but workers could walk off the job on Monday if a deal is not reached, union leaders sa…
Judge dismisses most of San Jose lawsuit over Oakland A’s move
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge dismissed on Friday several claims in the city of San Jose, California’s lawsuit against Major League Baseball, which alleged the league violated antitrust laws over a proposed move by the Oakland Athletics team t…
Laptops Snowden took to Hong Kong, Russia were a ‘diversion’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The four laptop computers that former U.S. spy contractor Edward Snowden carried with him to Hong Kong and Moscow were a “diversion” and contained no secrets, according to an ex-CIA official who met with Snowden in Russia this we…
Autopsy in Florida Facebook murder shows point-blank shots
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Florida man who confessed to fatally shooting his wife and posted pictures of her bloodied corpse on Facebook may have shot her several times at point-blank range, a medical examiner’s report showed on Friday.
Friend of ex-Detroit mayor gets 21-year sentence for corruption
DETROIT (Reuters) – A friend and former business associate of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick must serve 21 years in prison for corruption, a federal judge said Friday, a day after she handed Kilpatrick one of the longest prison terms ever given …
