Court delay for Amtrak engineer in deadly 2015 Philadelphia crash
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A preliminary hearing for the former Amtrak engineer charged with involuntary manslaughter in a 2015 crash that killed eight passengers and injured 200 others in Philadelphia was postponed on Wednesday due to a lawyers’ schedul…
Pennsylvania man found guilty of child sexual assault of six sisters
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man was convicted of multiple counts of child sex abuse on Tuesday for sexually assaulting six sisters from a family he befriended and financially supported when they left their Amish faith, officials said.
Genetics authority to continue as director of U.S. health institute
(Reuters) – Genetics pioneer Francis Collins will continue as director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), the White House said in a statement on Tuesday.
Three killed, two wounded in Utah shooting
(Reuters) – A man shot to death a woman and a boy south of Salt Lake City on Tuesday and the shooter died in the domestic-related incident, which also left two other people wounded, local officials said on social media and media reported.
Ohio man charged with murder in partner’s AIDS-related death
(Reuters) – An Ohio man has been charged with murder in the AIDS-related death of a woman he was accused of infecting with HIV during a five-year sexual relationship in which he failed to tell her that he had the virus.
Former Corinthian college students await loan relief: U.S. states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Education Department has left thousands of student-loan borrowers who were defrauded by Corinthian Colleges Inc in limbo by prolonging a process created by the Obama administration that was supposed to speedily cancel th…
Suspect in Oregon train stabbings indicted for murder
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – An Oregon grand jury on Tuesday returned a 15-count indictment against an ex-convict accused of harassing two African-American girls, one wearing a Muslim head scarf, then stabbing three men who intervened, killing two of the…
Man charged with threats to Jewish groups to plead guilty: U.S. prosecutor
(Reuters) – A former U.S. journalist is expected to plead guilty to a cyberstalking charge related to making bomb threats against Jewish organizations in the United States in a plot to get revenge against his ex-girlfriend, prosecutors said in letter f…
Woman pepper-sprayed at UC Berkeley protest sues university, police
(Reuters) – A woman who says she was pepper-sprayed by protesters demonstrating against a planned appearance by a right-wing speaker in February has sued the University of California at Berkeley for infringing on her First Amendment free speech rights….
Michigan State football players charged with sexual assault
(Reuters) – Three Michigan State University football players were charged on Tuesday with sexual assault in the latest incident in a mushrooming problem on U.S. college campuses.
