Search on for two murderers in New York maximum security prison break
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A manhunt was underway for two convicted murderers who pulled off an elaborate overnight escape from adjoining cells in a New York state maximum security prison near the border with Canada, police said on Saturday.
Woman in serious condition in Boston after baseball bat injury
(Reuters) – A woman who was struck in the head by a shattered baseball bat at a Red Sox game in Boston’s Fenway Park on Friday evening was in serious condition on Saturday, a local hospital said.
Obamas, Clintons join Vice President Biden at son Beau’s funeral
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and his family joined a host of U.S. political figures including Bill and Hillary Clinton on Saturday to mourn Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Beau, who died last week of brain cancer at the age of 46…
U.S. border patrol helicopter hit by gunfire near Mexican border
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing near the Mexican border after it was hit several times by gunfire, the FBI said on Saturday.
Lunch with Warren Buffett auctioned for $2.35 million
(Reuters) – The chairman of a Chinese company that develops online games has agreed to pay $2,345,678 for a private lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, winning a charity auction.
New York man arrested, charged with attempted murder in subway attack
(Reuters) – A 32-year-old homeless man has been arrested and charged with hate crimes for allegedly pushing a transgender woman onto subway tracks in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood, police said on Saturday.
Big U.S. data breaches offer treasure trove for hackers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A massive breach of U.S. federal computer networks disclosed this week is the latest in a flood of attacks by suspected Chinese hackers aimed at grabbing personal data, industrial secrets and weapons plans from government and pri…
Chicago opens bike-pedestrian trail on old rail bed
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A nearly three-mile strip of land that once carried freight trains through Chicago’s Northwest Side opens on Saturday as an elevated park, with room for walking and bicycling.
U.S. judge for FIFA trials is familiar with organized crime cases
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. judge presiding over the corruption cases of indicted soccer officials may not have been able to pronounce the name of soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, during a secret hearing in 2013, but he does know how to oversee a…
Amtrak train collides with truck in Illinois, no injuries reported
(Reuters) – An Amtrak train traveling from Texas to Chicago with 203 passengers aboard collided with a truck near Wilmington, Illinois, on Friday but there were no immediate reports of injuries, the railroad said.
