A New York tale: Two men find bag, remove bomb, take bag
(Reuters) – New York City police investigating a bombing in Manhattan over the weekend said on Monday they wanted to question two men who appeared to stumble over a second device made from a pressure cooker that had been left inside a bag lying on a ci…
New York bomb suspect’s family clashed with New Jersey city over restaurant
ELIZABETH, N.J. (Reuters) – Long before Ahmad Rahami became notorious as the suspect in this weekend’s bombings in and around New York, his family was known in Elizabeth, New Jersey, for frequent skirmishes with neighbors over its fried chicken restaur…
Christie said to know of lane closures as ‘Bridgegate’ trial starts
(Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie knew that two close associates were involved in shutting down lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge as a way to punish a mayor who would not support his re-election, federal prosecutors said on Mon…
NASCAR accused of racial discrimination in lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – NASCAR was hit with a $500 million lawsuit accusing the auto racing body of racial discrimination for preventing black-owned teams and drivers from competing, including in the Sprint Cup Series.
Charlotte not budging on ordinance that spurred North Carolina bathroom law
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – The mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, refused on Monday to back off an ordinance that had aimed to expand anti-discrimination protections for gay and transgender people in the state’s largest city but also sparked a co…
Second N.Y. man charged in Sept. 11-timed robbery plot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A second New York man has been charged with participating in a plot to rob a store around the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in which his accomplices planned to wear traditional Muslim attire and display a fake bomb, federal o…
Florida declares neighborhood Zika-free, but CDC remains cautious
(Reuters) – U.S. health officials on Monday urged pregnant women to consider putting off nonessential travel to Miami due to the Zika virus even as they lifted a travel warning for one neighborhood. Earlier in the day, Florida’s governor declared the n…
Teen killed by Columbus, Ohio, police was shot while fleeing: family’s attorneys
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A forensic report released on Monday by attorneys representing the family of a 13-year old African American boy fatally shot by a white Columbus, Ohio, police officer last week said the teenager was shot three times while running …
New York seeks $872 million from UPS in cigarette shipments trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state and city authorities took United Parcel Service Inc to trial on Monday, urging a federal judge to make the company pay more than $872 million for making illegal deliveries of more than 683,000 cartons of untaxed cig…
U.S. pump prices rise as Colonial fixes gasoline pipeline leak
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gasoline prices in the southeastern United States kept rising on Monday as Colonial Pipeline Co continued to fix a more-than-week long disruption on a key gasoline line that has led to complaints of long waits and price gouging at …
