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| Cosby faces big financial threat from civil lawsuits - legal experts | | Friday, January 01, 2016 2:47 AM | |
|  By David Ingram, Noeleen Walder and John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - Civil lawsuits accusing Bill Cosby of sex abuse and defamation could do major damage to the entertainer's wealth, regardless of how a criminal prosecution plays out, lawyers who have handled similar cases said on Thursday. Cosby, who has been accused by more than 50 women of sexually abusing them in incidents dating back decades, was charged in suburban Philadelphia on Wednesday in the only criminal case he has faced. The financial assets of the entertainer, who personified the model American family man in a long-running hit television show, are more at risk from at least seven ongoing civil suits that have been filed or joined by 13 women.
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| No plea bargain for 'not guilty' Bill Cosby, lawyer says | | Friday, January 01, 2016 2:44 AM | |
|  (Reuters) - Comedian Bill Cosby's lawyer said on Thursday that the entertainer would not consider a plea bargain on charges he sexually assaulted a woman in 2004 after giving her drugs and alcohol. Lawyer Monique Pressley, speaking on NBC's "Today Show," also accused the district attorney's office in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, of playing "political football" with Cosby by making the case a focal point in a recent election. Asked if the defense was open to a plea agreement, Pressley replied: "My client is not guilty, and there will be no consideration on our part of any sort of arrangement." Cosby, 78, was charged on Wednesday in the only criminal case brought against the actor, who has been accused by more than 50 women of sexually abusing them in incidents dating back decades.
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| New Year's Eve revelers pack NYC's Times Square under tight security | | Friday, January 01, 2016 2:39 AM | |
|  By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than a million people were expected to crowd into New York City's Times Square under heavy security on Thursday to celebrate the arrival of 2016 with the traditional dropping of the New Year's Eve crystal ball. With memories of the deadly attacks in Paris and California still fresh, police took extraordinary measures to ensure security at an event that has come to define the New York experience for many visitors to the largest U.S. city. "This is the center of the world on New Year's Eve," said Rick Milley, 60, who traveled from Boston with his wife, Debbie, 59, to ring in the new year in Times Square.
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| Germany shuts train stations amid global New Year security scares | | Friday, January 01, 2016 2:23 AM | |
|  By Joseph Nasr and Philip Blenkinsop BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe ushered in the New Year with heightened security fears on Friday as German police evacuated two train stations in Munich, citing a tip about a planned militant attack, and Belgium arrested three people over an alleged plot. Security forces in many capitals were on raised alert after a year of militant attacks, the biggest of which killed 130 in Paris in November and was claimed by Islamic State. Soldiers were on the streets of Paris, and police forces in London, Madrid, Berlin and Istanbul increased their presence as Europeans turned out to celebrate the arrival of 2016.
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| Suspected IS supporter charged with New Year's Eve plot in upstate NY | |  (Reuters) - A 25-year-old man accused of planning to attack a restaurant in upstate New York on New Year's Eve has been arrested and charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State militant group, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday. Emanuel L. Lutchman, who claimed to have received direction from an alleged member of Islamic State, also known as IS, wanted to target a restaurant in Rochester, New York, where he lives, according to a criminal complaint. Lutchman was arrested on Wednesday.
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| Return of Texas 'affluenza' teen delayed, mother jailed in U.S. | |  By Alex Dobuzinskis and Dave Graham LOS ANGELES/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Texas teenager derided for his "affluenza" defence in a deadly drunken-driving case won a weeks-long in delay in extradition from Mexico, while his mother was in a Los Angeles jail on Thursday after being deported. A court in Mexico granted fugitive 18-year-old Ethan Couch, who faces likely incarceration in Texas, a stay against deportation following his illegal entry into the country, a Mexican migration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Ethan and his mother, Tonya Couch, 48, entered the country by land earlier this month, according to Mexican officials, though it was unclear where.
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| Imprisoned Saudi blogger's health deteriorating, wife says | | | By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) - Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, recent recipient of one of Europe's most prestigious human rights awards, has suffered fainting spells and deteriorating health because of a lengthy hunger strike, his wife said on Thursday. Ensaf Haidar, who was granted asylum in Canada with the couple's three children, said by phone she hoped her husband would end a hunger strike he initiated more than 20 days ago to protest his transfer to a different prison in Saudi Arabia. A member of Amnesty International in Canada said by email they were not able to confirm the hunger strike. |
| France's Hollande says terror threat remains at highest level | |  The threat of further militant attacks in France remains at its highest level, President Francois Hollande said on Thursday. "We're not finished with terrorism," Hollande said in a New Year message that also defended constitutional changes underpinning a crackdown on militant groups after November's deadly Islamist attacks in Paris that killed 130 peole.
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