Pennsylvania jail guard made inmates play ‘patty cake’: prosecutor
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A jail guard in suburban Philadelphia faces criminal charges after being accused of sexually taunting inmates and forcing them to play “patty-cake” to escape punishment.
Arizona signals plan to appeal decision on human smuggling law
(Reuters) – The Arizona attorney general’s office plans to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that struck down a 2005 law against human smuggling, his spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Five accused of staging accidents in suburban NY insurance scam
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Five people in suburban New York were arrested on Wednesday and accused of staging automobile accidents and submitting fraudulent insurance claims, authorities said.
Former soldier fatally shot doctor at Army medical facility in Texas: FBI
DALLAS (Reuters) – A former soldier who had also been an employee at a U.S. Army medical facility in El Paso fatally shot a psychologist at a veteran’s clinic in the west Texas city and then took his own life, an FBI agent said on Wednesday.
Connecticut governor seeks transportation funding in second term
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy said on Wednesday that he wants to create a “lock box” for transportation funding because states that do not invest in infrastructure will face long-term economic struggles.
‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’: large part of U.S. in deep freeze
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Schools closed in cities across the Midwest and as far south as Tennessee to protect children from bitterly cold temperatures as wind chill warnings were issued on Wednesday for a large part of the U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains.
Ex-South Carolina police chief on trial for shooting death of unarmed man
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (Reuters) – A white former police chief in South Carolina showed malice and poor judgment in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in 2011, a prosecutor said at his murder trial on Wednesday.
Obama touts auto bailout success, Michigan worries about trade
WAYNE, Mich. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, on a trip to unveil elements of his State of the Union address, took a victory lap in Michigan on Wednesday to tout his support of the auto industry, but concerns about trade policies hung in the backgro…
Naked man arrested fleeing scene of upstate New York triple murder
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (Reuters) – Police in the central New York city of Utica apprehended a man wearing no clothes fleeing the scene of a “gruesome” triple murder just after midnight on Wednesday, authorities said.
Comedy host attacked on stage with baseball bat: police
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A would-be comedian who had been barred from performing at a Seattle-area club climbed the venue’s stage and attacked the show’s host with a baseball bat, police said on Wednesday.
