Trump security guards assaulted protesters on NY sidewalk, lawsuit claims
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Five people are suing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claiming his private security team assaulted them on a Manhattan sidewalk as they protested outside Trump’s office, according to a filing on Wednesday in New York…
Arkansas to resume executions in October after 10-year hiatus
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Arkansas on Wednesday set execution dates for eight convicted murderers starting in October and running until January as the state moved to carry out its first death sentences in a decade
Washington state officers will not face criminal charges in Mexican farmworker’s slaying: lawyer
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Three police officers in Washington state will not face criminal charges in the February shooting death of an unarmed Mexican farmworker who threw rocks at them before fleeing arrest, a lawyer representing the victim’s family said o…
N.J. man charged in $3.5 million fraud, impersonating Mets partner
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The head of a New Jersey equipment leasing company was arrested on Wednesday and accused of impersonating the New York Mets chief operating officer and co-owner as part of a $3.5 million fraud.
U.S. railroads warn of system disruptions over safety deadline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Major U.S. and Canadian railroads stepped up pressure on Congress to extend a Dec. 31 deadline for new safety technology on Wednesday, warning that failure to act would lead to crippling disruptions across the national freight an…
N.Y. state sued over inmate’s death, allegedly beaten by guards
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The wife of a New York state prison inmate who died after a confrontation with guards in April filed a civil rights lawsuit against the state on Wednesday amid continuing investigations by authorities into his death.
Missing Connecticut man believed son wanted to frame him: prosecutors
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut man who has been missing for more than a month sent a message to his adult son the day he was last seen saying that he believed he was being framed for his wife’s murder, according to court papers.
Defiant Kentucky clerk’s backers: fire aides over gay marriage licenses
MOREHEAD, Ky. (Reuters) – Supporters of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples due to her religious beliefs, said on Wednesday that any of her deputies who provide the documents without her permission sho…
California man killed, woman badly hurt in pit bull attack
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 65-year-old man was killed and a woman seriously hurt when they were attacked by two pit bulls in Southern California, police and local media said on Wednesday.
U.S. survey finds increased number of sharks off the East Coast
(Reuters) – U.S. shark researchers caught and tagged 2,835 sharks along the East Coast this spring, a record number which they say reflects a growing population thanks to federal protections.
