U.S. indicts 13 suspected members of hacker group Anonymous
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States brought criminal charges against 13 suspected members of the hacking group Anonymous on Thursday for allegedly attacking government, credit card and lobbying websites in a campaign in support of internet file-sh…
New York City Opera files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City Opera filed for bankruptcy protection on Thursday after announcing earlier this week that it had failed to raise enough money to stay open and would close its doors.
U.S. indicts 13 suspected members of hacker group Anonymous
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States brought criminal charges against 13 suspected members of the hacking group Anonymous on Thursday for allegedly attacking government, credit card and lobbying websites in a campaign in support of internet file-sh…
North Carolina inn vows to stay open despite government shutdown
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – The operator of a 51-room inn located along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina is vowing to keep the property open despite being ordered to close as part of the federal government shutdown.
Illegal immigrants to get driver’s licenses under new California law
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – Illegal immigrants living in California will be eligible to apply for driver’s licenses under a law signed on Thursday by Governor Jerry Brown, in the latest action to expand privileges for such immigrants in the state.
Amid U.S. shutdown, probe of Tennessee deadly bus crash left to state
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) – Tennessee officials on Thursday pored over maintenance records and scene details a day after a bus carrying 18 people on a church outing veered across an interstate highway and smashed into a truck and SUV, killing eight peo…
First Superstorm Sandy home buyout set to close in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Even when Superstorm Sandy killed their neighbors and flooded their house, Frank and Mary Lettieri vowed to stay in the Staten Island, New York, home where they raised five children.
Texas experimenting with secret execution drugs: lawsuit
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Three Texas death row inmates claim the state plans to execute them by experimenting with new drugs, never used for such a purpose, that were obtained under false pretenses, attorneys told Reuters on Wednesday.
Jury clears promoter of liability in Michael Jackson’s death
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles jury cleared concert promoter AEG Live of liability on Wednesday in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Michael Jackson, in a trial that offered a glimpse into the private life and final days of the s…
Florida high-schooler takes plea deal in sex crime case
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – A Florida high-school student charged in February with a felony sex crime over her affair with a younger girl accepted a plea deal on Thursday to avoid becoming a registered sex offender.
