ACLU faults ‘suspicious activity’ reporting by law enforcement
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A newly disclosed trove of “suspicious activity reports” filed by police under a federal domestic intelligence network shows a program rife with ethnic profiling and useless tips that subject innocent Americans to counterterrori…
TV pitchman Trudeau released after day in jail
(Reuters) – Infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau was released from a Chicago jail on Thursday, a day after a federal judge ordered him locked up for failing to pay $38 million in fines over allegedly false promises made in a weight-loss book.
Likely death toll in Colorado floods rises to at least 10
DENVER (Reuters) – The likely death toll from massive Colorado flooding rose to 10 on Thursday after the body of a man was discovered near a river drainage area and another person whose home was washed away was listed as presumed dead, with 140 other p…
Anguish in court as Detroit residents object to bankruptcy filing
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit residents, city retirees and even two city council members stood Thursday where dozens of bankruptcy lawyers have gone before them: before Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes, arguing why their city does not belong in bankruptcy …
Road to financial distress in varies by city in U.S.: report
(Reuters) – Detroit, Chicago and three other U.S. cities fell into financial distress for a variety of reasons, according to analyses of financial data released on Thursday.
Former U.S. auto czar Ron Bloom to advise Detroit retirees
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ron Bloom, one of the architects of the Obama administration’s restructuring of the U.S. auto industry, is advising Detroit retirees facing cuts in healthcare benefits and pensions in the city’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy case, U.S. inves…
Likely death toll from Colorado flooding rises to 10 as body of elderly man recovered
DENVER (Reuters) – Rescue workers recovered the body of an elderly man killed in flooding in Colorado, raising the likely death toll from the disaster to 10, state Office of Emergency Management spokeswoman Micki Trost said on Thursday.
Navy Yard shooter seemed to aim at random, FBI chief says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The contract worker who opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard this week appeared to have no particular target as he moved through a building and shot and killed 12 people, FBI Director James Comey said on Thursday.
U.S. Air Force general wants simpler weapons quicker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The three-star general who heads the secretive U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command is pressing arms makers to speed up the development of new weapons and move toward greater standardization of aircraft and sensors.
Same firm checked background of Navy Yard shooter, Snowden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The same company that scrutinized former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden for a U.S. government security clearance said on Thursday it also checked the background of the Navy Yard shooter, allowing him to obtain a “secret” cl…
