Two toddlers killed in New York City apartment fire
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two sisters, aged 18 months and 2 years, died in fire on Wednesday inside their public housing complex apartment in the Bronx, while their mother was across the street at a laundromat, New York City fire officials and local media r…
Atlantic City area tops U.S. metro foreclosures in first quarter: report
(Reuters) – Atlantic County, home to New Jersey’s fiscally distressed gambling hub Atlantic City, had the highest foreclosure rate of any major U.S. metropolitan area in the first quarter of 2016, according to RealtyTrac data released on Thursday.
Fifth police commander reassigned in N.Y. City corruption probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A fifth high-ranking New York City police officer has been reassigned in an unfolding federal investigation into whether officers accepted gifts from businessmen with ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Man charged with decapitation of Seattle-area mom
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A man was charged on Wednesday with the decapitation of a Seattle-area mother of three and nurse whose partial remains were found in a recycling bin, a county prosecutor said.
Calif. university spent $175,000 to counter negative Internet posts: newspaper
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California university has paid consultants at least $175,000 to counteract the effects of negative Internet posts about the school and its chancellor after campus police sparked outrage in 2011 by pepper-spraying student pro…
Atlanta Braves’ outfielder Olivera charged in hotel assault
(Reuters) – Atlanta Braves outfielder Hector Olivera has been charged with assault following a dispute with a woman at a Virginia hotel, police said on Wednesday, and has been suspended from play while the incident is investigated.
One dead, 11 hurt in hydrogen sulfide release in Austin, Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – One person died and at least 11 were injured in a release of poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas at an apartment building near the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday, fire officials said.
Ringo Starr cancels North Carolina show in protest of LGBT law
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – Musician Ringo Starr said on Wednesday he was canceling a performance planned for June in Cary, North Carolina, in protest of a state law decried as discriminatory against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender commu…
U.S. Air Force says combat-ready F-35 fighter jets on track for 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force said on Wednesday said it still expected to declare an initial squadron of Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets ready for combat between August and December, despite delays in the jets’ computer-based logisti…
Chicago police not doing enough to fight racial bias -task force
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago Police Department is not doing enough to combat racial bias among officers or to protect the human and civil rights of city residents, a task force set up by the mayor said in a report on Wednesday.
