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.
‘Great Green Fleet’ using biofuels deployed by U.S. Navy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy formally deployed its “Great Green Fleet” on Wednesday, sending warships powered by alternative energy to conduct operations in the Pacific three years after controversy over the price of developing new fuels provok…
‘Affluenza’ teen to drop fight against Mexico deportation: source
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Lawyers for a Texas teen who killed four people in a so-called “affluenza” drunk-driving case have told Mexican authorities they want to drop their fight against his deportation to the United States, a Mexican official said on W…
Man facing N.J. terrorism charges cited Islamic State: prosecutors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man accused of killing four people in New Jersey and Washington state to avenge U.S. foreign policy kept a journal where he expressed a desire to travel to Iraq to support the Islamic State militant group, according to state pros…
Baltimore judge rules against prosecutors over Freddie Gray trial witness
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A judge on Wednesday rejected prosecutors’ request that a Baltimore policeman facing retrial over the death of black detainee Freddie Gray be forced to testify in the trials of his fellow officers.
Foundation head pleads guilty in U.N. bribery case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The head of a New York-based foundation pleaded guilty on Wednesday to participating in a scheme to bribe a former U.N. General Assembly president to advance various business interests, becoming the second defendant to admit wrongd…
More charges for driver accused of plowing into Las Vegas pedestrians
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – An Oregon woman facing a murder charge for killing a tourist when she drove onto a sidewalk and caused chaos on the Las Vegas Strip was charged on Wednesday with dozens more counts, including attempted murder, for harming other pe…
