New York City police officer charged with murder in woman’s shooting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City police sergeant was charged on Wednesday with murdering an emotionally disturbed black woman whom he shot inside her apartment last year, police and prosecutors said.
NBA star LeBron James’ L.A. home vandalized with racial slur
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Basketball superstar LeBron James’ Los Angeles home was vandalized with a racial slur, police said on Wednesday, a day before the Cleveland Cavaliers player was set to take the court in the first game of the NBA finals.
Four plead not guilty to insider trading involving U.S. health agency
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Washington, D.C. political consultant and three others pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges that they engaged in an insider trading scheme based on leaks from within a federal healthcare agency.
Eleven Americans injured in Kabul bombing: State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Eleven U.S. citizens working as contractors in Afghanistan were injured when a powerful bomb hidden in a sewage tanker exploded during the Wednesday morning rush hour in Kabul, a State Department spokesman said.
Trump to broaden exemptions to Obamacare birth control mandate: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is considering taking steps to broaden the Obamacare limits on claiming a religious or moral exemption from providing health insurance that covers birth control, Vox news reported on Wednesday.
FBI arrests 19 accused New York mobsters linked to Lucchese family
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal agents in New York on Wednesday arrested the alleged leaders of the Lucchese crime family, a network of criminals who were the source of inspiration for the acclaimed mobster film “Goodfellas.”
Kathy Griffin loses CNN deal after photos with fake severed Trump head
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – CNN fired comedian Kathy Griffin from its annual New Year’s Eve broadcast on Wednesday after she drew strong criticism for posing in photographs holding up the likeness of a bloody, severed head resembling U.S. President Donald …
Ohio sues five drug companies over opioid crisis
(Reuters) – The state of Ohio on Wednesday sued five major drug manufacturers, accusing them of misrepresenting the risks of prescription opioid painkillers that have fueled a sky-rocketing drug addiction epidemic.
Man arrested at Trump’s Washington hotel after guns found in car
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania man was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Washington hotel early on Wednesday after police acting on a tip found a rifle, pistol and ammunition in his car, a discovery they said “averted a potential disaster” in…
Silk Road website founder loses appeal of conviction, life sentence
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ross Ulbricht, the accused mastermind behind the underground Silk Road website for the sale of illegal drugs to countless customers worldwide, failed to persuade a federal appeals court to overturn his conviction and life sentence….
