U.S. justices OK teachers’ testimony in child-abuse case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously reinstated an Ohio man’s convictions for beating his girlfriend’s children after he sent her hundreds of miles away to engage in prostitution.
U.S. justices OK teachers’ testimony in child-abuse case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously reinstated an Ohio man’s convictions for beating his girlfriend’s children after he sent her hundreds of miles away to engage in prostitution.
Feds say they dismantle Boston drugs gang
BOSTON (Reuters) – Law enforcement officials arrested 41 people on guns and drugs charges during a sweep early on Friday, dismantling what federal prosecutors say was Boston’s most influential drugs gang.
Seattle area gas-line blast injures two
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Two men were injured after a gas-line explosion outside a commercial building in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue on Thursday, fire and hospital officials said.
Crews battle wildfires raging across California, Alaska and Arizona
JUNEAU, Alaska/PHOENIX (Reuters) – Wildfires raging in three West Coast states have forced more than 1,000 people to be evacuated from their homes this week in blazes that mark an early start to what experts say may be a particularly destructive fire s…
Lyft to pay $300,000 to settle N.Y. attorney general claims
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ride-sharing company Lyft Inc will pay $300,000 to New York authorities to resolve claims that its entry into the Buffalo and Rochester markets was illegal, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Thursday.
Brian Williams not returning to NBC’s ‘Nightly News’; to join MSNBC
NEW YORK (Reuters) – NBC said news anchor Brian Williams, suspended for fabricating a story about being on board a helicopter when it was attacked in Iraq, will not be returning as anchor of the top-rated “Nightly News” program.
New York prison superintendent in spotlight after convicts escape
(Reuters) – A daring escape by two convicted murderers from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, has thrust the prison’s superintendent, Steven Racette, into the spotlight as officials examine conditions surrounding the June 6 brea…
UAW president: no Fiat Chrysler merger that cuts jobs
DETROIT (Reuters) – United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams said on Thursday the union has not taken a position on merger comments made by Fiat Chrysler’s chief executive, but said he would be against any plan that would cut union-represented job…
New York City says Verizon did not keep FiOS promise
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City said Verizon Communications Inc has failed to fulfill its promise to extend its FiOS high-speed Internet, television and phone service across the city by mid-2014.
