Arizona man arrested for hacking email accounts at universities
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Arizona man was arrested on Wednesday on charges that he hacked into over 1,000 email accounts for students and others at two universities, including Pace University in New York, and tried to do the same at 75 other higher-educa…
Suspect arrested in ambush killings of two Iowa policemen
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – A man known to police for several run-ins with the law, most recently for waving a Confederate flag at a football game, was arrested as a suspect in the ambush killings of two Iowa officers shot in their patrol cars early o…
Philadelphia transit strike talks continue into night
(Reuters) – Talks to resolve a strike by Philadelphia’s transit workers that has stranded thousands of commuters have made some progress, the U.S. union and the transport company said during the stoppage’s second day.
Mississippi church burned, vandalized with ‘Vote Trump’
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – A historic black church in Mississippi was burned and spray-painted with “Vote Trump” and authorities said on Wednesday it was arson and being probed as a hate crime committed one week before the U.S. presidential election.
Anthony Weiner checks into sex addiction rehab clinic: Daily Mail
(Reuters) – Disgraced former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner has checked into a rehab facility that treats sex addiction, the DailyMail.com reported on Wednesday.
Cosby’s accusers can describe ‘serial nature’: prosecutor
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – More than a dozen women who have accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault should be allowed to testify at his trial about the “serial nature” of his predatory behavior, a Pennsylvania prosecutor argued in court on Wednesday.
Jury set in trial of cop who shot South Carolina black man
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A jury of 11 whites and one black was selected on Wednesday for the trial of Michael Slager, a white former North Charleston police officer accused of murder in the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Walter Scott last…
Jury selection begins in Venezuelan first lady’s nephews’ U.S. trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jury selection got underway in New York on Wednesday in the trial of two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady who are facing U.S. charges that they attempted a multimillion-dollar drug deal for a large amount of cash to help their fam…
West Virginia urges Justice Dept to reject settlement with Mylan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Wednesday blasted Mylan NV’s announced $465 million settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over the drugmaker’s classification of its lifesaving allergy treatment EpiPen as …
Man accused of leaving bomb near Colorado police station indicted
(Reuters) – A 64-year-old man was indicted for allegedly planting an improvised explosive device that failed to detonate outside a small-town Colorado police station, court records show.
