U.S. sues Los Angeles over inadequate housing for disabled
(Reuters) – The United States has joined a lawsuit accusing Los Angeles of failing to develop affordable housing for disabled people, despite accepting millions of dollars of federal funds for that purpose, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday.
Facebook launches features to connect U.S. users to elected officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc announced a set of three new features on Wednesday intended to boost civic engagement among users in the United States on its platform by connecting them more easily with their elected representatives.
Trump picks white-collar crime lawyer to replace Comey at FBI
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday ended a fraught month-long search for an FBI chief after firing James Comey by selecting Christopher Wray, who has prosecuted and defended white-collar crime cases and represented New Jersey’s …
Alleged victim’s mother: Cosby said he was a ‘sick man’
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Bill Cosby told the mother of the woman who has accused him of sexual assault that he was a “sick man” and apologized, the mother testified on Wednesday at the comedian’s criminal trial.
Court delay for Amtrak engineer in deadly 2015 Philadelphia crash
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A preliminary hearing for the former Amtrak engineer charged with involuntary manslaughter in a 2015 crash that killed eight passengers and injured 200 others in Philadelphia was postponed on Wednesday due to a lawyers’ schedul…
Pennsylvania man found guilty of child sexual assault of six sisters
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man was convicted of multiple counts of child sex abuse on Tuesday for sexually assaulting six sisters from a family he befriended and financially supported when they left their Amish faith, officials said.
Genetics authority to continue as director of U.S. health institute
(Reuters) – Genetics pioneer Francis Collins will continue as director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the White House said in a statement on Tuesday.
Three killed, two wounded in Utah shooting
(Reuters) – A man shot to death a woman and a boy south of Salt Lake City on Tuesday and the shooter died in the domestic-related incident, which also left two other people wounded, local officials said on social media and media reported.
Ohio man charged with murder in partner’s AIDS-related death
(Reuters) – An Ohio man has been charged with murder in the AIDS-related death of a woman he was accused of infecting with HIV during a five-year sexual relationship in which he failed to tell her that he had the virus.
Former Corinthian college students await loan relief: U.S. states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Education Department has left thousands of student-loan borrowers who were defrauded by Corinthian Colleges Inc in limbo by prolonging a process created by the Obama administration that was supposed to speedily cancel th…
