California man behind anti-Islam film to be freed from federal custody
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The man behind a film that stoked anti-U.S. protests across the Muslim world was due for release from federal custody in California on Thursday after serving time for probation violations stemming from his role in making the vid…
Former San Diego Chargers safety Paul Oliver commits suicide in Georgia
(Reuters) – Former San Diego Chargers safety Paul Oliver, 29, has shot and killed himself at his home in an Atlanta suburb, police said on Wednesday.
U.S. union efforts at VW plant may face hurdle after eight workers say misled
DETROIT (Reuters) – Eight employees at Volkswagen AG’s Tennessee plant have said they were misled into endorsing the United Auto Workers, handing some ammunition to opponents of the union’s efforts to organize for the first time at a foreign-owned U.S….
Ex-President George H.W. Bush serves as witness at same-sex wedding
(Reuters) – Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, were the official witnesses of a same-sex marriage between two women in Maine over the weekend, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
U.S. audit finds lack of oversight in ATF probes of cigarette smuggling
(Reuters) – Federal agents conducted dozens of income-generating tobacco sting operations without approval during the last seven years and misplaced more than 2 million cartons of cigarettes, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Jus…
North Carolina school board lifts ‘Invisible Man’ book ban
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – A North Carolina school board lifted on Wednesday its ban of Ralph Ellison’s classic novel “Invisible Man” from school libraries after being ridiculed by residents and undercut by a giveaway of the book at a lo…
FBI releases video of ‘delusional’ Navy Yard shooter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI released surveillance video and photos of Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis on Wednesday and said he believed electromagnetic waves had been controlling him for months before the rampage that killed 12 people.
Computer snags delay parts of Obamacare in some U.S. states
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The District of Columbia’s online health insurance exchange – one of 51 set up under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law – will be unable to perform two key functions when it opens on October 1, exchange officials announ…
U.S. border agency to amend use-of-force practices after killings
PHOENIX (Reuters) – The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, under fire for being too quick to use lethal force, will train officers to defuse threats following the deaths of at least 19 people since 2010 in incidents on the northern and southern…
Escaped California prison inmate recaptured after 36 years on the run
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California prison inmate who escaped 36 years ago while serving time for armed robbery has been recaptured in Arkansas, becoming California’s longest-sought fugitive inmate to be caught, a prisons spokeswoman said on Wednesday…
