Detroit water, sewer lease approved by regional authority
(Reuters) – A major final piece of Detroit’s bankruptcy exit plan fell into place on Friday with the approval of a lease agreement by a regional water and sewer authority.
Black Virginia student bloodied in arrest says race was a factor
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) – A black University of Virginia student, no longer facing charges stemming from an incident in which he was bloodied by white police outside a bar, said on Friday race was a factor in his treatment and “society as a whol…
Kerry to leave hospital for his Boston home, U.S. official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday will leave the hospital where he was treated for a broken leg suffered while cycling in France to return to his Boston home, the State Department said.
U.S. western states to get $110 million in drought aid: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday that it would spend an additional $110 million to help farmers and communities in western states hit hard by drought and wildfires.
Prenatal DNA test patent invalid, U.S. appeals court says
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court said on Friday that the discovery of a new form of prenatal testing that avoids the risks of invasive medical techniques was good for science but did not deserve a patent.
Seventeen injured in church bus crash in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – A church bus left the road and smashed into a drain culvert in southeastern Tennessee on Friday, injuring 16 juvenile passengers and the driver, authorities said.
U.S. court throws out al Qaeda publicist’s conspiracy conviction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out the 2008 conspiracy conviction of a Yemeni man prosecuted in an American military court at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. naval base in Cuba for serving as a publicist for al Qaeda.
New Hampshire man charged with killing parents ordered held without bail
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – A New Hampshire man was ordered held without bail on Friday on charges that he murdered his parents and set fire to their house.
Detroit man imprisoned up to 40 years in French artist’s slaying
(Reuters) – A judge on Friday sentenced a man to up to 40 years in prison in the killing of a 23-year-old French street artist in Detroit, prosecutors said.
New York prison escape among decade’s most audacious breakouts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The upstate New York prison break of two inmates who squeezed through underground pipes last weekend was among a handful of recent daring escapes by U.S. convicts whom experts describe as ingenious and willing to risk it all to fle…
