Boston tops U.S. cities for digital entrepreneurship: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boston is the U.S. city best placed to capitalize on the shift to a digital economy, with the tech-centered San Francisco Bay Area second as it lost ground because of worsening quality of life, a report said on Wednesday.
Texas man surrenders in case involving toddlers who were tied up
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A man suspected of child abuse after two toddlers were found tied up in the backyard of his San Antonio home has surrendered to police, authorities said on Wednesday.
Exxon Beaumont refinery worker hit by pipe, dies: sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A contract worker was killed after being struck by a piece of pipe while working on a crude unit overhaul early on Wednesday morning at Exxon Mobil Corp’s Beaumont, Texas refinery, two sources familiar with the incident said.
Ambac sues Puerto Rico highway agency over toll road deal
(Reuters) – Ambac Financial Group Inc., a bond insurer with significant exposure to Puerto Rico, on Wednesday said it has sued the island’s highway authority to block a lease extension for the operation of two toll roads in the U.S. territory.
Victims of long-ago abuse find justice in some U.S. states
(Reuters) – Minnesota’s reform of child sex abuse laws has given Laura Adams a chance to come forward with accusations she long feared to make public: that an employee of a children’s theater in Minneapolis abused her in the early 1980s when she was a …
Trial of Minnesota men accused of backing ISIS to start Wednesday
(Reuters) – Opening statements in a federal trial in Minnesota for three Somali-American men accused of trying to assist Islamic State and fight with the militant group in Syria are expected to begin on Wednesday.
Colorado inmate files first claim of paternity in Prince’s estate
(Reuters) – A man serving time in federal prison in Colorado has come forward claiming he is the biological son and legal heir of the late pop star Prince, marking the first paternity claim filed in court since the recording artist’s death last month.
Suspect dead after four stabbed at Massachusetts home, mall
(Reuters) – A man stabbed four people, two of whom later died, in twin attacks in the Boston area on Tuesday before being fatally shot by police, authorities said.
Women arrested with drugs worth $3 million in luggage: Chicago police
(Reuters) – Three women were arrested at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport with more than $3 million of heroin and opium in their luggage, and were due to appear in court for a bond hearing on Wednesday, police said.
U.S. will not seek death penalty against Benghazi attack suspect
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty in the case against Abu Khatallah, the man charged in the 2012 attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, according to court documents filed Tuesday.
