Son of missing Connecticut couple pleads not guilty to gun charges
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (Reuters) – The 27-year-old son of a Connecticut couple who went missing last month pleaded not guilty to federal gun charges during his arraignment on Thursday in U.S. District Court.
Chicago okays $2.7 billion in bond sales amid credit rating warnings
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago is poised to issue more than $2.7 billion of debt amid warnings that its core credit ratings could be downgraded depending on the outcome of the city’s fiscal 2016 budget.
Paralyzed California man recounts re-learning to walk via computer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – For paraplegic Adam Fritz, the thrill of the computer-assisted first steps he took five years after being paralyzed in a motorcycle crash came only after he was unhooked from the system that enabled him to walk briefly in a bioe…
New Jersey’s Hudson City Bank to pay some $33 million in redlining case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hudson City Bancorp will pay nearly $33 million to settle civil charges alleging the New Jersey-based bank wrongfully discriminated against prospective black and Hispanic home buyers, in a case that marks the largest ever redlini…
Senate blocks Republican bill denying Planned Parenthood funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Thursday stopped an effort by Republicans to deny federal funding for women’s healthcare provider Planned Parenthood as part of a bill keeping government agencies operating on Oct. 1, the start of the new fisca…
Shhh! New Orleans takes steps to turn down the music
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – In New Orleans, a city synonymous with music and raucous revelry, government officials are launching a public health campaign aimed at turning down the volume.
Texas football coach suspected of ordering hit on referee has lost job
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The assistant San Antonio high school football coach thought to have ordered his players to blindside a referee during a game no longer works for the Texas school district that employed him, a school official told an investiga…
Two injured, horse killed in Nebraska accident involving horse-drawn cart
LINCOLN, Neb. (Reuters) – Two people were injured and a horse was killed when a car collided with a horse-drawn cart near Pawnee City in southeast Nebraska, authorities said on Thursday.
Avoid Popelock! For $95, New Yorkers can take helicopter across Manhattan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Daunted by the prospect of apocalyptic traffic snarls accompanying Pope Francis’ visit, some busy New Yorkers were preparing to pay $95 for a five-minute helicopter ride from Manhattan’s East Side to its West Side on Friday.
Mortgage servicer Ocwen to cut U.S. workforce by 10 percent
(Reuters) – Mortgage servicer Ocwen Financial Corp said it would cut 300 jobs, about 10 percent of its U.S. workforce, in Waterloo, Iowa to save costs.
