Chicago disability group sues Uber over wheelchair access
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago-based disability rights group on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] alleging the ride-hailing company has violated wheelchair accessibility laws.
No threat found after building at Virginia university evacuated
(Reuters) – Police said they found no threat after a student center at Virginia’s George Mason University was ordered evacuated on Thursday, the school reported on its website.
Accused New York bomber pleads not guilty from hospital bed
ELIZABETH, N.J. (Reuters) – The man accused of last month’s bombings in New York and New Jersey that injured dozens of people made his first court appearance on Thursday from a hospital bed, pleading not guilty to attempting to murder police officers.
Florida declares new area of Zika transmission in Miami
(Reuters) – Florida officials on Thursday announced a new area of Zika transmission in the Miami region and have called on the federal government for funding to help fight the outbreak.
Celebrities rally behind filmmaker arrested in pipeline protests
(Reuters) – Singer Neil Young, actor Mark Ruffalo and other celebrities on Thursday joined in calling for charges to be dropped against a documentary maker arrested while filming protesters who shut down oil pipelines from Canada to the United States, …
Historic town swamped, 22 dead in North Carolina flooding
TARBORO, N.C. (Reuters) – Floodwaters inundated the historic black town of Princeville, North Carolina, on Thursday, leaving homes submerged to their roof lines as the state’s death toll in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew climbed to 22.
All clear after likely hoax threat evacuates Florida’s Legoland
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Police have given the all clear at the Legoland amusement park and hotel in Winter Haven, Florida, after it was evacuated on Thursday due to an anonymous bomb threat that park officials later said they considered a hoax.
Arizona woman accused of helping inmate husband plot prison bombing
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona woman accused of smuggling publications distributed by Islamist militant groups into a prison as part of a plot to help her inmate husband build a bomb, has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism and conspiracy, court documents showed on Thursday.
Brakes were working in New Jersey commuter train crash: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday the brakes were working on a crowded New Jersey Transit train that crashed into the Hoboken Terminal on Sept. 29, killing one and injuring 110 people.
Manhattan office market booming as asking rents set record: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The cost of renting office space in Manhattan set new records in the third quarter amid strong leasing activity that was driven by a job creation rate in New York that exceeds the nationwide average, according to brokerage Colliers…
