Maryland, Baltimore Sue Glock Over Easily-Converted Guns, Cite Violence Threat
Feb. 12 By Jonathan Stempel Maryland and the city of Baltimore sued Glock on Wednesday, seeking to force one of the country’s largest gun sellers to take steps to prevent owners from modifying its products into automatic weapons resembling machine guns. The lawsuit filed in…
Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder Ulbricht for Online Drug Scheme
Jan. 21 By Nate Raymond U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and others conducted more than $200 million in illicit trade using bitcoin….
US Finds That Israel Is Not Impeding Assistance to Gaza; Aid Groups Disagree
Nov. 12 By Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis President Joe Biden’s administration has concluded that Israel is not currently impeding assistance to Gaza and therefore is not violating U.S. law, the State Department said on Tuesday, even as Washington acknowledged the humanitarian situation remained dire…
Arizona Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Disabled Black Man Who Was Violently Arrested
Oct. 18 By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Prosecutors in Arizona have dismissed charges against a Black man who is deaf and has cerebral palsy, and who was violently arrested by police earlier this year. Bodycam footage of Tyron McAlpin’s arrest in August sparked outrage after…
Epic Games Accuses Samsung, Google of Scheme to Block App Rivals
Sept. 30 By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games on Monday accused Alphabet’s Google and Samsung, the world’s largest Android phone manufacturer, of conspiring to protect Google’s Play store from competition. Epic filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court in California…
US Violent Crime Decreased in 2023, Hate Crimes Rose, FBI Reports
Sept. 23 By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Incidents of violent crime in the United States fell by 3% last year, including the largest drop in murder in 20 years, while the number of hate crimes rose, the FBI said in an annual report released…
Pennsylvania College Student Has Racial Slur Scratched Onto Chest
Sept. 22 By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – A student at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania who scratched a racial slur onto the body of a fellow member of the school’s swim team is no longer enrolled there, the college newspaper reported on Sunday, citing an official…
Mandatory Prison Was Key to George Santos Deal, US Prosecutor Says
Aug. 21 By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – George Santos’ willingness to spend a minimum two years in prison was a critical part of his agreement to plead guilty to fraud and identity theft, the federal prosecutor who charged the scandal-plagued former U.S. congressman…
Three Exhumed 1921 Tulsa Massacre Victims Found to Have Gunshot Wounds
Aug. 18 By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three of the 11 victims of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who were exhumed on Friday, were found with gunshot wounds, the city said. Two of those three victims were found to have wounds from…
No New Trial for Former Mexico Drug Czar, US Judge Says
Aug. 7 By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former top Mexican law enforcement official convicted last year on U.S. corruption charges does not deserve a new trial, after he tried to bribe a fellow jail inmate to lie that the government’s case was…