Ex-NY Assembly speaker loses bid to dismiss corruption charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver lost a bid on Friday to dismiss the federal corruption charges he faces due to public statements a top prosecutor made that the once-powerful politician called prejudicial.
Hikers stranded on Alaska glacier rescued after five days
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – Three hikers stranded since the weekend on a glacier near Anchorage were rescued on Friday morning by the Alaska Air National Guard, military officials said.
U.S. judge rejects ex-Blackwater guards request to postpone Iraq deaths sentencing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Friday denied a last-minute request by four U.S. former Blackwater guards convicted in the massacre of 14 unarmed Iraqis in 2007 to have their sentencing postponed, and said it will go ahead as planned on …
News Corp, 21st Century Fox seek World Trade Center base: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – News Corp and 21st Century Fox, controlled by Rupert Murdoch, are in talks to build a joint headquarters in a new 88-story skyscraper at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, The New York Times said on Friday.
California sheriff suspends 10 deputies in beating of fleeing horseman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The sheriff of San Bernardino County, California, said on Friday he has suspended 10 deputies involved in the videotaped beating of a suspect who appeared to have surrendered and was lying on the ground after making a failed get…
Four dead in New York in possible carbon monoxide incident
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Four people were found dead in the New York City borough of Queens on Friday in what authorities are investigating as a possible carbon monoxide poisoning, said a police spokeswoman.
Robert Durst indicted on federal weapons charge in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Robert Durst, a real estate scion charged with murder in California, was indicted on Friday by a federal grand jury on a weapons charge stemming from his arrest last month in New Orleans, prosecutors said.
Convicted Boston bomber’s death penalty phase to begin April 21
BOSTON (Reuters) – The Boston Marathon bombing trial enters a new phase on April 21 as federal prosecutors begin to mount their case for putting Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for killing three people and injuring 264 others in the 2013 attack.
At least 20 sickened at Texas school by gas leak
DALLAS (Reuters) – At least 20 people, including six children, were treated for nausea and vomiting at a Texas elementary school that was evacuated on Friday because of a gas leak, according to emergency officials.
New York woman with eight husbands denies fraud charges
A New York City woman accused of being married to eight men at the same time pleaded not guilty in state court in the Bronx on Friday to two counts of felony fraud that prosecutors say stemmed from a scheme to gain U.S. citizenship for grooms from coun…
