Teenage boy arrested on arson charge in historic N.Y. synagogue fire
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police arrested a 14-year-old boy on Wednesday on an arson charge and were looking for possible accomplices after a fire gutted an abandoned historic synagogue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, authorities said.
State Department reminds staff on ethics after posts on Trump interests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department’s legal office has reminded employees not to promote private interests on social media after its online accounts publicized President Donald Trump’s private Florida resort and his daughter Ivanka Trump’…
U.S. Democrats try to force vote on independent Russia probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – (This May 17 story, in penultimate paragraph, corrects to show that Walter Jones is the only Republican in the House to support the petition, not that Jones and Justin Amash are the only two Republicans in the House to support th…
Puerto Rico creditors open to mediation in bankruptcy court
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s main creditors, meeting before a U.S. bankruptcy judge in the largest public finance restructuring case in history, are interested in continuing mediation settlement talks to resolve the island’s unpayable $70 billion…
U.S. searchers find debris believed from plane lost near Bahamas
(Reuters) – Search teams have found and identified wreckage they believe came from a small aircraft that disappeared near the Bahamas this week with four Americans on board, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday.
Illinois’ unpaid bills reach record $14.3 billion
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois’ unpaid bill backlog has hit a record high of $14.3 billion as the legislature nears a May 31 budget deadline, the state comptroller’s office said on Wednesday.
North Carolina’s U.S. Senator Tillis ‘fine’ after collapse at race
(Reuters) – U.S. Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina said in a video message from his hospital bed that he was doing well after getting overheated and collapsing during a charitable road race in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning.
Manning leaves U.S. prison seven years after giving secrets to WikiLeaks
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (Reuters) – Chelsea Manning walked out of a U.S. military prison on Wednesday, seven years after being arrested for passing secrets to WikiLeaks in the largest breach of classified information in U.S. history.
Tulsa police officer’s manslaughter trial goes to jury
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – An Oklahoma jury began deliberations on Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of a white Tulsa police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in an incident caught on video that stoked the debate over racial bias in U.S. po…
Star lot withdrawn at Sotheby’s, a Malevich fetches $21 million at N.Y. auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Impressionist and modern art achieved some respectable results at Sotheby’s on Tuesday, but the sale was marked by the 11th-hour withdrawal of its much-hyped star offering, an early masterpiece by Egon Schiele.
