In N.Y. Penn Station fracas, Amtrak says repairs could cost $40 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amtrak’s summer repair program at New York’s Pennsylvania Station will cost the national passenger rail company $30 million to $40 million in wages, materials and other expenses, it said on Wednesday.
Two holdouts prevented Cosby guilty verdict, juror tells ABC
(Reuters) – Two holdout jurors prevented comedian Bill Cosby from being found guilty on two of three counts in his sexual assault trial and deliberations were so tense that jurors burst into tears, a jury member told ABC News in a report on Wednesday.
Anti-abortion activists lose bid to dismiss California privacy case
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Two anti-abortion activists charged with felony eavesdropping for secretly filming abortion providers in California lost their bid for dismissal of the case on Wednesday, but the judge ordered prosecutors to amend a criminal c…
Four arrested at Trump inauguration sue DC over ‘police abuse’
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union sued police in the nation’s capital on Wednesday on behalf of four people detained during the U.S. presidential inauguration, claiming they were subjected to unconstitutional arrests, excessive force and p…
Former Milwaukee police officer found not guilty in fatal shooting
(Reuters) – A former Milwaukee police officer, whose fatal shooting of a black man last year sparked two nights of rioting, was found not guilty in the killing on Wednesday.
New York City settles with former tennis star roughed up by cop
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City agreed on Wednesday to create a new position with a watchdog agency to hear complaints against the police as part of a settlement with retired tennis star James Blake, who was roughed up by a plainclothes officer in 2…
For thousands of U.S. auto workers, downturn is already here
LORDSTOWN, Ohio (Reuters) – Wall Street is fretting that the U.S. auto industry is heading for a downturn, but for thousands of workers at General Motors Co factories in the United States, the hard times are already here.
Most Americans say Republican healthcare plan will be harmful: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When U.S. Senate Republicans unveil their plan to overhaul America’s healthcare system, they will face a skeptical public that already does not buy the justification for an earlier version that passed the House of Representatives, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.
White House pressures State Department over refugee costs: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two studies President Donald Trump hopes will buttress his case to cut the number of refugees are at the heart of a fight between senior White House adviser Stephen Miller and career U.S. government officials over immigration pol…
Investigator faults Oakland, California over police sex scandal
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The mayor of Oakland, California, failed to thoroughly look into a scandal at the city’s police department after it was revealed that some officers had sex with a teenage sex worker, according to a report filed in court on Wed…
