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.
Obamacare case to be turned against government on emissions rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Opponents of President Barack Obama’s soon-to-be-implemented policy to cut carbon emissions from power plants are planning to use an unlikely and potentially potent weapon against him: the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that …
Ex-State Department counterterrorism official pleads guilty to voyeurism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. State Department counterterrorism official pleaded guilty on Wednesday to surreptitiously filming several women through the windows of their Washington homes, prosecutors said.
Legionnaires’ disease kills two, sickens 31 in New York City
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that killed two people and sickened 31 is under investigation in the South Bronx section of New York City, health officials said on Wednesday.
Ohio man must spend two days in jail for petting zoo cougars
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio man who posted a video of himself petting cougars at a Columbus zoo appealed no contest to a trespassing charge on Wednesday and has to spend two days in jail and pay more than $200 in fines, court documents said.
