Amtrak engineer to be arraigned in deadly 2015 crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The engineer in a deadly 2015 Amtrak train crash in Philadelphia surrendered to authorities on Thursday after being charged with involuntary manslaughter last week, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office said.
Colorado man charged with murder in fatal shooting of three
DENVER (Reuters) – A 24-year-old man was formally charged on Thursday with murder in the fatal shooting of three people found slain last month in a Colorado mountain home filled with marijuana plants being grown inside the dwelling, prosecutors said.
Ex-Haitian mayor declares innocence in U.S. human rights lawsuit
BOSTON (Reuters) – The former mayor of a rural town in Haiti facing a U.S. lawsuit accusing him of murdering, torturing and burning the homes of his political opponents appeared in a federal court in Boston on Thursday and declared his innocence.
Chelsea Manning shares first picture of herself since release
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chelsea Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier responsible for a massive leak of classified material, shared a photo of herself for the first time since she was released from prison.
Ex-N.Y. state senate leader asks U.S. appeals court for new trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for former New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam on Thursday urged a U.S. appeals court to overturn the two men’s corruption convictions in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Mississippi boy found dead after being kidnapped in mother’s car
(Reuters) – A six-year-old Mississippi boy who was sleeping in his mother’s car when it was stolen from a grocery store parking lot was found shot to death on Thursday inside the abandoned vehicle, police said.
Inspector finds holes in U.S. consumer agency’s information safeguards
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. watchdog agency that investigated and fined Wells Fargo & Co for creating phantom accounts, and which regularly penalizes large banks and lenders on behalf of consumers, has holes in its systems for protecting confidential information, the office charged with inspecting its operations said on Thursday.
Treasury’s Mnuchin concerned about alternate scoring models of Trump tax plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told lawmakers on Thursday that he has some doubts that what are known as alternate scoring models will give enough credit to the potential for economic growth when assessing the impact of t…
Tulsa braces for protests after officer acquitted for killing unarmed man
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, were preparing for protests on Thursday after a white officer was acquitted by a jury of killing an unarmed black man in a case that stirred tensions over racial bias in policing.
Don’t drink the water! Diarrhea from U.S. swimming pools rising
CHICAGO (Reuters) – As warm weather approaches, U.S. health officials are warning that outbreaks of diarrhea caused by swallowing swimming pool water containing parasites have doubled in the past few years.
