Uber driver charged with raping California woman in car
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An Uber driver accused by prosecutors of having sexually assaulted a female passenger after she sought a ride home from a gathering in the upscale seaside city of Newport Beach, California, was charged with rape on Wednesday.
California man charged in Fresno shooting spree that killed three
(Reuters) – A man who goes by the nickname Black Jesus was charged with three counts of murder on Wednesday in connection with a shooting spree targeting white men in downtown Fresno, California, local media reported.
Slain friend of Robert Durst once posed as his missing wife: testimony
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Real estate scion Robert Durst, whose ties to three slayings were portrayed in HBO series “The Jinx,” had his close friend Susan Berman make a phone call pretending to be his missing wife, a former acquaintance of Berman testifi…
Judge issues injunction in SEC’s ‘Hamilton’ Ponzi case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction freezing assets belonging to the alleged operators of a Ponzi scheme centered on the resale of tickets to the Broadway blockbuster “Hamilton,” concerts by British singer …
Trump seeks to shrink federal role in education with new order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to review the U.S. government’s role in school policy, which supporters cheered as the first step in creating more local control in education and critics…
Survivalist sentenced to death for murder of PA state trooper
MILFORD, Pa. (Reuters) – A survivalist convicted of killing a Pennsylvania state trooper in a 2014 sniper attack that launched a massive manhunt was sentenced to death on Wednesday by jurors.
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…
