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• Arabs, Muslims can sue U.S. officials over post-9/11 jail treatment
• FBI arrests man in New York as part of terrorism probe
• Obama continues to have confidence in OPM director after breach: White House
• Female prison worker, New York escapees plotted husband's murder: prosecutor
• Judge dismisses fifth juror in Colorado movie massacre trial
• Police get 1,200 tips as manhunt for New York inmates enters 12th day
• Uber drivers are employees, not contractors: California Labor Commission
• Economists predict shockwaves if Obamacare subsidies are nixed
• Jeb Bush 'slow jams' the news with Fallon
• Massachusetts murderer's lawyers seek move for death-penalty retrial
• Stephen Curry leads Warriors to NBA title his way
• Balcony collapse kills six, most of them Irish students, in California
• Tropical Storm Bill charges across Texas and weakens
• U.S. hotel heir Conrad Hilton gets fine, community service for disrupting flight
• Golden State downs Cleveland, wins NBA championship
• Getty oil heir had meth in system, died of hemorrhage
• Off-duty officer shoots ex-wife dead after New Jersey car chase
• Official: California balcony collapse kills at least 6 people
• Former Ravens cheerleader pleads guilty to rape of teenager in Delaware
• U.S. arrests New York man for Islamic State-inspired bomb plot

Arabs, Muslims can sue U.S. officials over post-9/11 jail treatment Posted: 17 Jun 2015 01:28 PM PDT By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court said the federal government's top law enforcers can be sued by former inmates who claim their civil rights were violated while jailed after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks because they were Arab, Muslim or stereotyped that way. Wednesday's 2-1 decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals prompted an impassioned dissent that the ruling could make it harder to protect the country against terrorism. The court revived claims against Bush administration officials including Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI director Robert Mueller and Immigration and Naturalization Services Commissioner James Ziglar by former inmates at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center.

FBI arrests man in New York as part of terrorism probe Posted: 17 Jun 2015 11:31 AM PDT FBI agents in New York on Wednesday arrested a man in the borough of Staten Island as part of a larger terrorism-related investigation, an FBI spokeswoman said. The arrest by the Federal Bureau of Investigation came a day after U.S. officials accused a New York college student of plotting to set off a pressure-cooker bomb in support of the Islamic State militant group. The spokeswoman, Kelly Langmesser, declined to identify the man arrested on Wednesday or comment on media reports that he became violent.

Obama continues to have confidence in OPM director after breach: White House Posted: 17 Jun 2015 10:58 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama continues to have confidence in Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta despite recent cyber data breaches at the agency, the White House said on Wednesday. (Reporting By Julia Edwards; Editing by Bill Trott)

Female prison worker, New York escapees plotted husband's murder: prosecutor Posted: 17 Jun 2015 10:08 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The female prison worker in custody for helping two New York inmates escape had discussed with the convicts a murder-for-hire plot targeting her husband, Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie said on Wednesday. Joyce Mitchell, 51, was arrested last week in connection with escape of Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 35, who broke out of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, about 20 miles south of the Canadian border, nearly two weeks ago. (Reporting by Laila Kearney; Editing by Bill Trott)

Judge dismisses fifth juror in Colorado movie massacre trial Posted: 17 Jun 2015 09:51 AM PDT By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - The judge in the Colorado movie theater massacre trial on Wednesday dismissed a fifth juror, who said she recognized a survivor of the July 2012 mass shooting and prompted the defense to seek her removal. The dismissal leaves a panel of 19 jurors, including 14 women and five men, to hear the murder trial of former neuroscience graduate student James Holmes, who is charged with fatally shooting 12 people and wounded 70 others during the premiere of a Batman film at a Denver-area multiplex. Arapahoe County District Judge Carlos Samour said he was letting the latest juror go because she had not been entirely open about knowing a wounded survivor of the rampage who testified during the trial's second week.

Police get 1,200 tips as manhunt for New York inmates enters 12th day Posted: 17 Jun 2015 08:27 AM PDT After more than 1,200 tips from the public, authorities on Wednesday expanded a manhunt for two killers whose brazen escape from an upstate New York prison was discovered 12 days ago. State police reopened Route 374, a main road from the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, to Plattsburgh, which had been closed since police sniffer dogs picked up the scent of Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 35, last week. "The search for escaped inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat is expanding and shifting to other areas surrounding Dannemora," police said in a statement.

Uber drivers are employees, not contractors: California Labor Commission Posted: 17 Jun 2015 08:10 AM PDT A San Francisco-based driver for ride-hailing service Uber is an employee, according to a ruling by the California Labor Commission. The ruling earlier this month and filed Tuesday in state court in San Francisco, said Uber is "involved in every aspect of the operation." Uber has argued its drivers are contractors, not employees. Uber is appealing a labor commissioner award of about $4,000 in expenses to the driver.

Economists predict shockwaves if Obamacare subsidies are nixed Posted: 17 Jun 2015 07:39 AM PDT By Sharon Begley and Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on whether people in 34 states can continue to receive Obamacare health insurance subsidies, economists are projecting billions of dollars in lost healthcare spending for hospitals, drugstores and drugmakers if the justices say the payments are illegal. The immediate consequences of such a ruling would fall on the 6.4 million people who receive the subsidies and live in states that did not establish their own insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, instead relying on the federal HealthCare.gov website. The case, known as King v Burwell, would not affect subsidies in the District of Columbia or in the 13 states that run their own exchanges.

Jeb Bush 'slow jams' the news with Fallon Posted: 17 Jun 2015 06:31 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Republican Jeb Bush "slow jammed" the news, told about meeting his wife, offered a guacamole recipe and oddly compared his presidential father and brother during a "Tonight" show appearance.

Massachusetts murderer's lawyers seek move for death-penalty retrial Posted: 17 Jun 2015 04:18 AM PDT Lawyers for a man who pleaded guilty to three murders after a Massachusetts carjacking more than a decade ago are due in court on Wednesday to ask that the trial to determine whether he is sentenced to death be moved out of state. Gary Lee Sampson in 2003 was sentenced to death in federal court to murdering two men who had picked him up while he was hitchhiking and later killing a third man after he fled to New Hampshire. Defense lawyers argued in court filings before Wednesday's hearing that the intense publicity surrounding Sampson's case, as well as the recent trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was also sentenced to death by lethal injection, would make it impossible to seat an impartial jury in Boston.

Stephen Curry leads Warriors to NBA title his way Posted: 17 Jun 2015 03:45 AM PDT He scored 25 points and dished eight assists here Tuesday as Golden State defeated Cleveland 105-97 and closed out the franchise's first NBA championship in four decades.

Balcony collapse kills six, most of them Irish students, in California Posted: 17 Jun 2015 01:51 AM PDT An apartment balcony crowded with birthday revelers collapsed early on Tuesday near the University of California at Berkeley, killing five college students from Ireland and an American friend, and injuring seven others, authorities said. The victims, most of whom were working in the San Francisco Bay area on temporary visas for the summer vacation, had been celebrating a friend's 21st birthday on the fourth-floor balcony when the accident occurred, according to local police and Irish government officials.

Tropical Storm Bill charges across Texas and weakens Posted: 16 Jun 2015 11:40 PM PDT By Kristen Hays and Terry Wade HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Bill headed further into central Texas with heavy rains and high winds on Wednesday before losing its punch and no serious injuries were reported, relieving officials and residents just three weeks after floods killed about 30 people in the state. The National Hurricane Center said the storm had weakened into a tropical depression. The second named tropical storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall on Tuesday near the sportfishing town of Matagorda, then lost much of its power, the U.S. National Weather Service said.

U.S. hotel heir Conrad Hilton gets fine, community service for disrupting flight Posted: 16 Jun 2015 10:16 PM PDT U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Thom Mrozek said the sentence, which also requires Hilton to undergo mental health and substance abuse treatment, is part of a three-year probation period. Conrad Hughes Hilton, the 21-year-old great-grandson of the founder of the Hilton Hotels chain, entered a guilty plea in March in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles under an agreement with prosecutors.

Golden State downs Cleveland, wins NBA championship Posted: 16 Jun 2015 10:00 PM PDT The NBA's best team fulfilled its promise in Game 6 of the 2015 NBA Finals.

Getty oil heir had meth in system, died of hemorrhage Posted: 16 Jun 2015 09:43 PM PDT Andrew Getty, the grandson of billionaire oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, died of an accidental gastrointestinal hemorrhage and also had a toxic level of methamphetamine in his system, a Los Angeles coroner's official said. Larry Dietz, watch commander at the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, said the drugs, a duodenal ulcer and heart disease contributed to the death of the 47-year-old heir to the Getty oil fortune. Getty's grandfather, J. Paul Getty, died in 1976.

Off-duty officer shoots ex-wife dead after New Jersey car chase Posted: 16 Jun 2015 07:18 PM PDT Driving an SUV, Phillip Seidle, 51, was pursuing his recently divorced wife, Tamara Seidle, in her car when she crashed into another vehicle in Asbury Park, New Jersey, said Charles Webster, spokesman of the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. Seidle, a 22-year veteran of New Jersey's Neptune Township Police Department, got out with his service weapon, a .40-caliber Glock handgun, and fired several shots into his ex-wife's car from the driver's side, Webster said.

Official: California balcony collapse kills at least 6 people Posted: 16 Jun 2015 05:53 PM PDT BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A 21st-birthday party thrown by a group of visiting Irish college students turned tragic early Tuesday when the fifth-floor balcony they were crammed onto collapsed with a sharp crack, spilling them about 50 feet onto the pavement. Six people were killed and seven seriously injured.

Former Ravens cheerleader pleads guilty to rape of teenager in Delaware Posted: 16 Jun 2015 04:29 PM PDT Molly Shattuck, a 48-year-old former cheerleader for the National Football League team, could face a sentence of up to 15 years in prison for her conviction under state law. As part of the plea agreement, Judge E. Scott Bradley prohibited Shattuck from contacting the boy or having unsupervised contact with minors except her own children, according to the court documents.

U.S. arrests New York man for Islamic State-inspired bomb plot Posted: 16 Jun 2015 03:38 PM PDT U.S. authorities have accused a New York City college student of plotting to set off a pressure cooker bomb in the city in support of the militant group Islamic State, according to court documents made public on Tuesday. Munther Omar Saleh, 20, was arrested early on Saturday morning after he and another man got out of their car and ran toward a surveillance vehicle that had been tracking their movements, according to documents filed in federal court in Brooklyn. A defense lawyer for Saleh could not be identified on Tuesday.

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