Brooklyn train crash renews talk of operator health precautions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A commuter train crash at a busy New York City terminal on Wednesday morning was the latest of several accidents that have focused attention on how rail agencies monitor the health of their operators, especially sleep disorders.
South Carolina church gunman said ‘I’m not crazy’ as he fired: witness
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The widow of the pastor who was among the nine people killed by white supremacist Dylann Roof told a federal jury on Wednesday she heard the gunman say he was not crazy during the rampage at a historic black church in South…
U.S. judge extends order halting Texas fetal remains regulation
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday extended until Jan. 27 a restraining order that halted a new Texas regulation requiring fetal tissue remains to be buried or cremated to allow for more time to make a ruling.
U.S. prosecutors name FBI agent accused of leaking insider trading probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday identified the FBI agent who they say admitted to leaking information to reporters about an insider trading probe involving a Las Vegas sports gambler and golfer Phil Mickelson.
U.S. chief justice steps aside in patent case over stock conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts will no longer participate in a patent dispute at the Supreme Court involving a unit of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc after he realized he owns about $175,000 of stock in the company, the court said…
Arkansas judge resigns after accusations of sexual bartering
LITTLE ROCK (Reuters) – An Arkansas judge has resigned after allegations he granted leniency to female defendants in exchange for sexual favors, a state judicial review commission said on Wednesday.
Scandal-tainted Oakland police department gets new chief
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Oakland, California, on Wednesday named a high-ranking law enforcement official from Chicago to head its police department, which was rocked by a sex abuse scandal last year.
New York Governor Cuomo proposes $10 billion renovation of JFK Airport
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a $10 billion renovation of John F. Kennedy International Airport and surrounding roadways on Wednesday, his latest salvo in a roughly $100 billion push statewide to bring decaying old infras…
Obamacare repeal would cost New York state at least $3.7 billion: governor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the goal of Republicans in Washington, would cost New York state $3.7 billion and strip 2.7 million residents of health coverage, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday.
Massachusetts triple murderer’s lawyer asks jury to spare him
BOSTON (Reuters) – Jurors should spare the life of a Massachusetts drifter who killed three men in separate 2001 attacks because a series of brain injuries suffered as young as age 5 hurt his ability to control his emotions or impulses, his attorney sa…
