Five charged in fraternity hazing death of New York City student
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Five people were charged in the 2013 death of a freshman at New York City’s Baruch College during a hazing ritual, police in Pennsylvania said on Tuesday, the first of 37 people that prosecutors may charge in the fatal incident.
Bill Cosby seeks to dismiss AIG insurance lawsuit
(Reuters) – Bill Cosby, citing financial pressures, asked a federal judge to dismiss or put on hold a lawsuit in which American International Group Inc seeks to avoid paying for his defense against defamation claims by women who also accused him of sex…
90-year-old Minnesota man charged with fatally shooting son
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A 90-year-old Minnesota man who neighbors said suffers from dementia has been charged with fatally shooting his son after they argued over whether to watch football on television in a bedroom or the living room, authorities said…
New Orleans mayor spared house arrest threat in union fight
(Reuters) – New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu no longer feared weekend house arrest on Tuesday after the Louisiana Supreme Court said he could remain free while appealing a contempt of court order in a decades-old firefighter pay squabble.
Property toll from Northern California wildfire grows to 585 homes
LAKEPORT, Calif. (Reuters) – The toll of property loss from a deadly Northern California wildfire has climbed to at least 585 homes and hundreds of other structures destroyed, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reported on Tuesda…
FDA orders Reynolds to stop sales of four cigarette brands
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Reynolds American Inc can no longer sell Camel Crush bold and three other types of cigarettes in the United States, because the company has not shown they carry no greater health risk than similar products on the market before Fe…
Appeal by ‘Diva of Distressed’ spotlights SEC in-house court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s controversial use of in-house judges to enforce federal securities laws is about to undergo a major test.
Professor killed at Mississippi university, fellow teacher sought
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – A Mississippi college professor was shot and killed in his campus office on Monday, and police said a fellow Delta State University teacher was “a person of interest” in the shooting.
Australian man dies from suspected lightning strike at Grand Canyon
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A 21-year-old Australian man was killed by what was believed to be a lightning strike while hiking a popular trial at Grand Canyon National Park, a park official said on Monday.
Oregon governor declares emergency as wildfire threatens homes
(Reuters) – Oregon’s governor invoked the state’s so-called Emergency Conflagration Act on Monday, mobilizing additional resources as a fast-growing wildfire threatened 275 homes in a rural area of the state.
