U.S. housing chief Carson stuck in elevator during ‘listening tour’
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson was stuck on an elevator for 15 minutes on Wednesday while visiting a Miami housing project on a “national listening tour,” finally getting free with the help of …
Skier found dead after avalanche on Washington state mountain
(Reuters) – The body of a cross-country skier has been discovered in the debris field of an avalanche on a Washington state mountain, a spokeswoman for the local sheriff’s office said on Wednesday.
Doctor tells U.S. court drug not suitable for Arkansas executions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A surgeon told a federal court in Arkansas on Wednesday that a sedative the state plans to use in its lethal injection mix is not suitable for surgery and should be prohibited when Arkansas holds an unprecedented series of…
New Jersey gang-related murder adds to FBI’s ‘Most Wanted’ list
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A reputed gang member accused of wielding a baseball bat, knife and screwdriver to murder a New Jersey man rumored to have socialized with a rival gang was added on Wednesday to the FBI’s list of “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.”
‘Black car’ drivers in New York City lose wage appeal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than 200 “black car” drivers who ferry bankers, lawyers and other executives around New York City are independent contractors and cannot pursue class action claims that they were deprived of wages, a federal appeals court rule…
Charges filed against Wisconsin man at center of manhunt
(Reuters) – A Wisconsin man suspected of stealing over a dozen weapons from a gun shop and threatening the government in a manifesto he mailed to U.S. President Donald Trump is facing multiple charges in relation to the robbery, according to court docu…
Civil liberties groups sue U.S., seek details on travel ban
BOSTON (Reuters) – Civil liberties groups on Wednesday said they were filing a series of lawsuits against the U.S. government seeking details on how federal agencies enforced President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countrie…
Widow of nightclub gunman pleads not guilty in Florida court
(Reuters) – The widow of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to aiding her husband in the June 2016 killings.
Wall Street’s ‘Charging Bull’ artist challenges ‘Fearless Girl’ sculpture
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The sculptor of Wall Street’s “Charging Bull” statue is seeing red over New York City’s decision to keep in place the “Fearless Girl” sculpture that now stares it down, saying the adjacent art has changed the meaning of his work an…
Spicer says he let Trump down with comments comparing Assad and Hitler
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Wednesday he had let down President Donald Trump with his “inexcusable and reprehensible” comments comparing the use of poison gas by Syria’s president to the atrocities of Adolf Hitler.
