Democratic congressman charged in political corruption case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah of Pennsylvania and four associates were charged on Wednesday in a political corruption case with bribery and misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal, charitable and campaign …
Details unfold on costs, sex in upstate New York prison escape
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Reuters) – Legal bills for love-struck prison worker Joyce Mitchell may be paid by taxpayers, including residents living near the upstate New York prison who were terrified by a three-week manhunt for the convicted killers she helped…
Probe finds no homicide likely in Florida mom’s 2010 fatal shooting
(Reuters) – An investigation ordered by the Florida governor into a young mother’s 2010 shooting death after local police were accused of mishandling her case concluded Wednesday that there is not enough evidence to justify murder charges, authorities …
Florida gun store sued after declaring itself ‘Muslim-free’
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida gun store that proclaimed itself a Muslim-free zone was sued on Wednesday in federal court by the state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on the grounds that the restriction is discriminatory.
Accused Russian spy loses bid to have U.S. charges dismissed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Russian citizen accused by U.S. authorities of posing as a banker in New York in order to spy for his government lost a bid to have the case against him dismissed on Wednesday.
Doctors amputate leg to free man hit by train in Philadelphia
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Doctors in Pennsylvania amputated the leg of a man pinned under a freight train early on Wednesday in an attempt to save his life, railroad officials said.
Volkswagen to offer crash avoidance systems on most U.S. models
BELMONT, Calif. (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG , the world’s No. 1 automaker, will offer automatic braking and other crash avoidance systems as standard or optional features on most 2016 models sold in the United States beginning later this year, the compan…
Teen charged with murdering eight-year-old California girl
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A 15-year-old boy was charged as an adult on Wednesday with sexually assaulting and murdering an 8-year-old girl whose body was discovered in a recycling bin at a residential complex in Santa Cruz, California, officials said.
New Mexico dispatcher who hung up on caller resigns
(Reuters) – An Albuquerque, New Mexico, emergency dispatcher has resigned after telling a 911 caller attending to a dying teenager to “deal with it” herself and then hanging up on her, a fire department spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Retired professor charged with 1990 California abduction of daughter
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A retired college professor in Arizona has been charged with the 1990 abduction of her daughter from the San Francisco area, prosecutors said.
