Two dozen people, firefighters injured in explosion, fire in Maryland
(Reuters) – About two dozen people and firefighters were injured on Wednesday in an explosion and fire that erupted at an apartment building north of Washington D.C., a spokesman for the fire services said.
Man scaling Trump Tower in New York City wanted meeting with nominee
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 20-year-old Donald Trump supporter who scaled the Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday for three hours using suction cups and a climbing harness was pulled inside through a window by police who had tried to coax him into…
Valeant under criminal investigation over Philidor ties: WSJ
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc over whether it hid from insurers its relationship with a specialty pharmacy that helped boost its drug sales, the …
Destructive California fire was started by faulty hot tub wiring
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The third most destructive wildfire in California’s recorded history, which killed four people and destroyed more than 1,300 homes and buildings, was started by a spark from an improperly wired hot tub, state fire officia…
Official: No formal Secret Service discussions with Trump camp on remark
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal official on Wednesday said the U.S. Secret Service had not formally spoken with Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign regarding his suggestion a day earlier that gun rights activists could stop Democratic riva…
New York’s use of tolls to maintain canals unconstitutional: judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday said the New York State Thruway Authority’s practice of diverting toll revenue it collects from commercial truckers to maintain upstate canals is unconstitutional.
Michigan seeks to reinstate ban on straight-ticket voting for fall election
(Reuters) – Michigan’s attorney general has asked a federal appeals court to reinstate a law banning straight-ticket voting – the practice of using one mark to vote for all candidates from one party – in time for the November general election.
FCC votes to keep most media ownership rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday voted to retain nearly all rules limiting cross-ownership of newspapers, radio and TV stations in the same market, a source familiar with the vote said.
‘Grim Sleeper’ killer sentenced to death for LA murders
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former sanitation worker was sentenced to death on Wednesday for murdering nine women and a teenage girl as the “Grim Sleeper,” a serial killer who preyed on prostitutes and drug addicts in a Los Angeles crime spree dating bac…
NY judge tosses billionaire Bacon’s defamation case v Canada’s Nygard
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state judge on Wednesday threw out billionaire hedge fund manager Louis Bacon’s $100 million defamation lawsuit against Canadian fashion designer Peter Nygard, saying the case tied to their long-running feud over neighbo…
