Greater Yellowstone Coalition’s Idaho director Marv Hoyt pleads guilty to poaching elk

POCATELLO, Idaho – An outspoken critic of Idaho’s phosphate industry and its deadly impact on some animals has pleaded guilty to poaching two elk.

Greater Yellowstone Coalition’s Idaho director Marv Hoyt pleads guilty to poaching elk

Suspect pleads not guilty to murder, arson in deadly Clover Fire in rural Northern California

REDDING, California – A former firefighter has pleaded not guilty to murder and arson in connection with a wildfire that killed one person and destroyed dozens of homes in rural Northern California.

Suspect pleads not guilty to murder, arson in deadly Clover Fire in rural Northern California

Brokerage ConvergEx to pay $150M in penalties to settle charges over unwarranted fees

NEWARK, New Jersey – The New York-based brokerage ConvergEx Group will pay $150 million to settle civil and criminal charges that it charged clients millions of dollars in unwarranted fees and hid the practice from investors, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

Brokerage ConvergEx to pay $150M in penalties to settle charges over unwarranted fees

Attorney says Harvard student accused of bomb threats to avoid exam felt he was under pressure

BOSTON – A Harvard student accused of making a bomb threat to get out of a final exam was under a great deal of pressure and seems remorseful, his lawyer said Wednesday after his client was freed on bail.

Attorney says Harvard student accused of bomb threats to avoid exam felt he was under pressure

Report: San Diego faces $4 million in claims from sexual harassment scandal involving mayor

SAN DIEGO – Claims totaling $4 million have been filed against the city of San Diego in the sexual harassment scandal involving former Mayor Bob Filner.

Report: San Diego faces $4 million in claims from sexual harassment scandal involving mayor

NTSB probing Birmingham apartment explosion, links blast to gas leak

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Federal officials say they’ve linked a fatal apartment explosion in Birmingham to a gas leak.

NTSB probing Birmingham apartment explosion, links blast to gas leak

January hearing set to determine if theater shooting suspect gets another sanity evaluation

CENTENNIAL, Colorado – Colorado theater shooting defendant James Holmes will return to court in late January for a hearing on prosecutors’ request that he undergo additional psychiatric examination.

January hearing set to determine if theater shooting suspect gets another sanity evaluation

Federal officials say citizen of India arrested in Reno supported terrorism in Punjab region

LAS VEGAS – U.S. officials in Nevada say a 39-year-old citizen of India who was arrested in Reno helped plot terror strikes in the Punjab region of his home country on the border with Pakistan.

Federal officials say citizen of India arrested in Reno supported terrorism in Punjab region

NYC vigilante Goetz fights pot charge, says he thought officer was mugger, cites vegetarianism

NEW YORK – Bernie Goetz said he thought he was going to be mugged by a man who turned out to be a plainclothes cop arresting him in a low-level drug sting – the same explanation he used nearly three decades ago when he opened fire on four panhandling youths on a subway train.

NYC vigilante Goetz fights pot charge, says he thought officer was mugger, cites vegetarianism

Federal officials say citizen of India arrested in Reno supported terrorism in Punjab region

RENO, Nevada – U.S. officials in Nevada say a 39-year-old citizen of India who was arrested in Reno helped plot terror strikes in the Punjab region of his home country on the border with Pakistan.

Federal officials say citizen of India arrested in Reno supported terrorism in Punjab region