Chicago city council votes to accept reworked police oversight body
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago City Council voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favor of a new police oversight body as Mayor Rahm Emanuel tries to rebuild trust in a police department hit by numerous high-profile incidents of misconduct.
Turkish gold trader pushes for dismissal of U.S. sanctions case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday heard arguments on whether U.S. charges against a Turkish gold trader for violating U.S. sanctions against Iran should be dismissed, in a high-profile case that could determine the scope of the U.S. san…
Michigan man charged with threatening white police online
(Reuters) – A black Detroit man who advocated killing white police officers on social media has been charged with making a terroristic threat and using a computer for a crime, the Michigan attorney general’s office said on Wednesday.
Freight train derailment in New York disrupts Amtrak service
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A CSX Corp freight train derailed on Wednesday morning in New York City’s Bronx borough, suspending northbound Amtrak service from the city for hours but causing no injuries.
Federal appeals court hears arguments over Dakota Access pipeline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three federal appeals judges in Washington, D.C., heard arguments on Wednesday over whether to stop work on a crude oil pipeline in parts of North Dakota where the Standing Rock Sioux and other tribes say the project will desecra…
Investigators pulling data from recorder of crashed N.J. train
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investigators said on Wednesday they were collecting information from data and video recorders removed from the front car of the New Jersey Transit train that crashed into Hoboken Terminal last week.
U.S. Supreme Court weighs Texas death row inmate’s race claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared set to side with a black Texas death row inmate seeking to avoid execution after his own trial lawyer called an expert witness who told jurors black people are more likely to comm…
Texas to execute man who admitted to neighbors’ 2003 slaying
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas plans on Wednesday to execute a man who pleaded guilty to spraying a neighboring home with gunfire, kicking in the door and killing the married couple who lived there in 2003.
McDonald’s, franchisees hit with sexual harassment complaints
(Reuters) – A union-backed group said it had filed complaints on behalf of 15 U.S. McDonald’s workers who say they were sexually harassed on the job, in the latest challenge to how the fast-food company and its franchisees treat employees.
Army Corps reopens Mississippi River lock after flooding closure
(Reuters) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reopened Mississippi River lock 17 in southern Iowa early on Wednesday, ending a five-day closure that had halted grain barge shipping though the area as the Midwest corn and soybean harvest accelerated.
