Finance exec arrested in murder of his pediatrician wife in NY suburb
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York finance executive was charged with second-degree murder on Thursday in the stabbing death of his wife, a prominent pediatrician, in their multimillion-dollar suburban home, law enforcement officials said.
Ohio judge reviews possible grand jury changes after Rice decision
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The Ohio judge who oversees county grand juries, including the one that ruled not to indict two Cleveland police officers for the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, said on Thursday he has formed a committee to review the process to…
NY’s Cuomo nominates ex-staffer as top financial regulator
(Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has tapped Maria Vullo, a New York lawyer and former staffer, as the state’s top financial regulator, his office said on Thursday.
Big jump in gun seizures at U.S. airport security checkpoints
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. security officials intercepted a record 2,653 firearms – 83 percent of them loaded – from carry-on bags at airport security checkpoints in 2015, a 20 percent increase from the previous year, a federal agency said on Thursday…
Texas family sues over body that went missing from casket
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A Texas family is suing a funeral home for at least $1 million after the body of a young woman vanished without a trace from a hallway of the facility and has yet to be found, lawyers said on Thursday
Political fallout from Flint, Michigan water crisis spreads
WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – President Barack Obama pledged to offer support for the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan on Wednesday and environmental regulators were set to provide Congress with information about their role.
No-confidence vote against Pennsylvania approved amid corruption probe
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – The city council of Allentown, Pennsylvania, voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve a resolution expressing “no confidence” in Mayor Ed Pawlowski and urging him to resign as an FBI corruption investigation swirls around c…
Regulators scrap plan to burn off leaking methane in California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Air quality regulators agreed on Wednesday to scrap a proposal to capture and burn off some of the methane spewing into the air from a subterranean pipeline rupture that has forced thousands of Los Angeles residents from their h…
U.S. immigration case could set limits on presidential power
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court challenge to President Barack Obama’s immigration policies could have an impact far beyond determining whether millions of undocumented immigrants can remain in the country. The case has the potential to co…
Texas executes man convicted of strangling female impersonator
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas on Wednesday executed a man convicted of strangling a female impersonator in Houston in 2001 and then stealing the victim’s car, a prisons official said.
