Florida Senate apologizes for abuse, deaths at reform school
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – The Florida Senate formally apologized on Wednesday to victims who suffered brutality, sexual abuse and even death after being sent as boys to a reform school with a history of troubles long denied by the state.
New York’s Metropolitan Museum mulls setting fixed admission fee
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world’s most visited museums, is in talks with city officials about charging a fixed admission fee for out-of town visitors, rather than urging a donation, the city said on Wed…
Drug use tops booze for first time in fatal U.S. crashes: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. data has shown for the first time that drivers killed in crashes were more likely to be on drugs than drunk, with marijuana involved in more than a third of fatal accidents in 2015, a study released on Wednesday showed.
Missouri audit finds Ferguson court records in ‘disarray’
(Reuters) – The court system in Ferguson, Missouri, where the federal government last year found systemic racial bias by police toward blacks, is in “disarray with disorganized case files” and inadequate records controls, a state audit found on Wednesd…
Former Jefferies Group trader sentenced to two years for fraud
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (Reuters) – A federal judge in Connecticut on Wednesday sentenced a former Jefferies Group bond trader to two years in prison and to pay a $2 million fine after he was found guilty earlier this year of defrauding customers on bond pric…
Massachusetts man found guilty of murdering ‘Whitey’ Bulger victim
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man was found guilty on Wednesday of murdering an extortion victim of former Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, a killing that drew considerable media attention because it occurred during the gangster’s high-profi…
U.S. chief justice alarmed at Trump administration immigration case stance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts took issue on Wednesday with the Trump administration’s stance in an immigration case, saying it could make it too easy for the government to strip people of citizenship for lying about minor infra…
Ann Coulter cancels speech at Berkeley amid safety dispute
BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) – Conservative commentator Ann Coulter said she had scrapped plans to speak on Thursday at the University of California at Berkeley in defiance of campus officials, who had barred her original engagement this week out of conc…
Automakers want California to revise Volkswagen charging station plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Major automakers and other groups are raising objections to the way Volkswagen AG wants to spend $2 billion on electric vehicle infrastructure and projects, as part of the German automaker’s atonement for diesel emissions cheati…
Slimy salamander ‘Snot Otter’ aims to wow Bronx Zoo crowds
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Eastern Hellbender, a slimy giant salamander creepy enough to be nicknamed “Snot Otter” and “Old Lasagna Sides,” is making its debut before animal lovers at the world-renowned Bronx Zoo.
