Cuomo aide still critical; video of NYC shooting suspects aired
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A top aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo who was wounded by a stray bullet on Monday is still in critical condition, officials said on Saturday, after police released surveillance video of two armed suspects fleeing the scene o…
Spanish police find body of missing U.S. tourist
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police have found the body of U.S. tourist Denise Pikka Thiem, who went missing in April as she was walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in northwestern Spain, and have detained a suspect.
Personal trainers sweat as Washington, D.C., readies new rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A battle is brewing in Washington as the capital city prepares to regulate personal fitness trainers in a move that could ripple through the country’s booming $24 billion gym industry and its fight against flab.
Two killed in crash of plane used on Tom Cruise movie in Colombia
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Two people were killed on Friday when a small plane being used in the filming of Tom Cruise’s latest movie crashed in Colombia, the Civil Aviation Autority said.
Sierra wildfire threatens famed giant sequoia grove in California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A rapidly spreading wildfire spurred evacuations of thousands of mountain homes in California’s gold-rush country on Friday as flames from a larger Sierra Nevada blaze edged close to a famed grove of giant sequoia trees in Kings…
Seattle schools closed for third day by teachers’ strike
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle public schools remained closed for a third day on Friday due to a teachers’ strike that has idled 53,000 students and caused childcare headaches for working parents, with no word on whether stalled contract talks might resum…
Ex-director of former Subway pitchman’s foundation appears on child sex charges
(Reuters) – The ex-director of the foundation started by former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle appeared in U.S. District Court in Indiana on Friday ahead of his agreement to plead guilty to child sexual exploitation and child pornography charges.
U.S. seeks to dismiss charges against China-born physicist
(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors sought to drop wire fraud charges on Friday against a physicist at Temple University in Philadelphia, nearly four months after he was accused of sharing proprietary U.S. technology with China.
N.Y. police release video of ex-tennis star James Blake’s mistaken arrest
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City Police Department on Friday released a security camera video showing ex-tennis star James Blake being tackled, thrown to the ground and handcuffed by an undercover officer in a now infamous case of mistaken identi…
Ex-officer charged in South Carolina death speaks out, seeking bond
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A white former police officer told a South Carolina judge on Friday that he was not a flight risk and should be released on bond while awaiting his trial in death of an unarmed black man who was shot in the back while fleei…
