New York police seek subway attacker in possible hate crime
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City police hate-crime task force is hunting for a man suspected of pushing a transgender woman onto subway tracks in the city’s Greenwich Village neighborhood, authorities said on Wednesday.
New York City defends plan to have only Nissan taxis
ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) – The New York City agency that regulates taxis had no right to tell taxi medallion owners they had to purchase a specially designed vehicle made by Nissan Motor Co, a lawyer for an industry trade group told the state’s top court…
Group sues to compel U.S. to evacuate Americans from Yemen
DETROIT (Reuters) – Lawyers representing a group of Yemeni Americans on Wednesday sought to have a federal judge force the government to order emergency evacuations of 37 American citizens stranded in Yemen since a deadly conflict broke out in March.
NYC police union head faces election challenges as voting deadline nears
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City police officers are voting this week on whether to extend the 16-year reign of Patrick Lynch as their union leader or heed critics who have said his confrontational style is out of sync with the prevailing climate in …
Sheriff concludes probe of Cleveland police shooting of 12-year-old
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An investigation into the police shooting death of a 12-year-old Cleveland boy has been completed and transferred to the county prosecutor, the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department said on Wednesday, without revealing any conclusi…
Tennessee to seek death penalty in killing of nursing student Holly Bobo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Tennessee prosecutors said on Wednesday they would seek the death penalty for the three men charged with the kidnapping and murder of nursing student Holly Bobo, who disappeared in 2011, and whose remains were found about t…
Hedge fund boss Paulson gives Harvard record $400 million
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) – Harvard University, which has educated many of the world’s wealthiest investors, is now getting its biggest single gift from one them – a $400 million donation from Wall Street hedge fund investor John Paulson.
Atlanta police officer accused of letting murder suspect escape
ATLANTA (Reuters) – An Atlanta police officer accused of allowing a murder suspect to escape a blockade has been arrested and suspended without pay, authorities said on Wednesday.
New Hampshire man wanted for 2014 double murder nabbed in Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A man who landed on the U.S. Marshals Service’s most-wanted list for the slayings of his parents in New Hampshire last year was captured in Florida on Wednesday after an anonymous tipster recognized him from news reports, authorities said.
Two men plead guilty to Ferguson, Missouri, bomb plot
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – Two men pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to conspiring to blow up public buildings and police vehicles during protests in Ferguson, Missouri, last year, prosecutors said.
