U.S. approves first fix for 70,000 polluting VW diesel vehicles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a fix for about 70,000 polluting Volkswagen diesel vehicles, involving an initial software change available now, it said on Friday.
Four charged with hate crimes over Chicago beating shown on Facebook
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Four African-Americans accused of attacking an 18-year-old man with special needs while making anti-white racial taunts and broadcasting the assault on Facebook were charged with hate crimes in Illinois on Thursday.
U.S. arrests Brazilian in fraud probe, seizes $20 million under mattress
BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Thursday announced that about $20 million found under a mattress in a Massachusetts apartment had been seized after a Brazilian man was arrested for laundering money linked to a multi-billion-dollar global fraud.
Kentucky moves toward requiring ultrasound before abortion
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – Kentucky’s new Republican House majority took the first step on Thursday toward requiring women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound, acting swiftly to capitalize on winning control of the chamber for the first time …
Colorado skier dangling by neck rescued by high-wire artist
DENVER (Reuters) – An unconscious man dangling by his neck from a chair lift at a Colorado ski area was rescued by a high-wire artist who shimmied across a cable to cut him loose, the resort said on Thursday.
New York and New Jersey agree to plan to fund train tunnel, bus terminal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey agreed to a $32 billion, 10-year capital plan on Thursday, including funding proposals for a new Hudson River train tunnel and a new Manhattan bus terminal.
Fugitive accused of military gun heist caught in Massachusetts
BOSTON (Reuters) – Police captured on Thursday a Massachusetts man who escaped from a Rhode Island jail where he was awaiting trial on charges of stealing weapons from a U.S. Army Reserve facility.
Naked woman steals Arizona sheriff’s car, caught after high-speed chase
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A naked woman who told police she was sexually assaulted stole a sheriff’s vehicle on Thursday and led authorities on a long high-speed chase that ended in the middle of an Arizona highway, a sheriff’s deputy said.
Brooklyn train was speeding before crash: U.S. investigators
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The commuter train that crashed at a busy New York City terminal on Wednesday appeared to be traveling at more than twice the speed limit, and the operator has said he does not remember the moment of impact, federal investigators s…
South Carolina church gunman objects to tearful testimony
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Convicted murderer Dylann Roof said on Thursday tearful testimony by family members of those slain in the South Carolina church massacre was excessive and would prejudice jurors who will decide whether he should be sentence…
