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.
California bus driver helps rescue three-year-old boy from kidnapper: police
(Reuters) – A quick-thinking bus driver in Northern California was credited with helping in the rescue of a three-year-old boy who was reported kidnapped on Friday, authorities said.
Los Angeles police officers deemed justified in black man’s slaying: L.A. Times
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles police chief and an independent watchdog have determined two patrolmen were justified in the shooting death of unarmed black man Ezell Ford last year, the L.A. Times newspaper reported on Friday, citing unidentif…
Woman seriously injured after being hit by bat
(Reuters) – A female baseball fan was struck in the head by a broken bat during a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics at Boston’s Fenway Park on Friday and suffered life-threatening injuries, a Police spokeswoman said.
Data hacked from U.S. government dates back to 1985: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Data stolen from U.S. government computers by suspected Chinese hackers included security clearance information and background checks dating back three decades, U.S. officials said on Friday, underlining the scope of one of the l…
Alaska judge refuses EPA request to throw out Pebble mine lawsuit
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – A federal judge has rejected the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s request to dismiss a lawsuit by the Pebble Limited Partnership mining company that accuses the agency of acting improperly in trying to block a large cop…
Ex-Stanford execs Kuhrt, Lopez appeal convictions in Allen Stanford fraud
(Reuters) – Mark Kuhrt and Gilbert Lopez, who were convicted of helping the former Texas billionaire financier Allen Stanford swindle investors, have filed appeals challenging their convictions and sentences on multiple counts of wire fraud and conspir…
Man accused of having wife slain near Los Angeles for $500 in 1992
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 42-year-old man has been charged with murder in the 1992 Los Angeles-area fatal shooting of his wife when both were teenagers, with prosecutors accusing him of paying his drug dealer $500 to stage a street robbery and commit t…
