Pennsylvania con artist on trial for Texas oil scam
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Reuters) – A convicted scam artist went on trial in Pennsylvania on Wednesday charged with bilking investors out of $323,000 in a Texas oil development ruse that federal prosecutors say he ran out of his condominium in the Poconos.
FSU quarterback tells rape hearing accuser ‘is lying’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida State University star quarterback Jameis Winston told a student conduct hearing that a woman who accused him of raping her two years ago was “lying” about their encounter, according to media reports on Wednesday.
Cincinnati marks 35th anniversary of Who concert tragedy
(Reuters) – The city of Cincinnati remembered one of the more tragic events in its history on Wednesday, a fatal stampede before a rock concert by The Who, and announced plans to erect a memorial for the 11 people who lost their lives 35 years ago.
NECC trustee files compensation plan for 2012 meningitis outbreak victims
(Reuters) – The trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of a Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a 2012 meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people, filed a plan that would set aside at least $135 million to compensate victims and their families.
U.S. military sex assault reports up 8 percent: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sexual assaults reported by U.S. military troops rose 8 percent in 2014 amid signs that victims are increasingly confident about reporting the attacks, defense officials said on Wednesday ahead of the formal release of the annual…
American teacher stabbed to death in restroom of Abu Dhabi mall
DUBAI (Reuters) – An American teacher was stabbed to death in a ladies’ toilet at an Abu Dhabi shopping mall police said, in a slaying apparently carried out by an assailant dressed head-to-toe in a traditional black robe and gloves.
Six California teens charged in fatal beating of homeless man
EL CAJON, Calif. (Reuters) – Six teenagers accused of attacking two homeless men they encountered on a Southern California bike trail over the weekend and beating one of them to death pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to murder and assault charges during…
Florida parents in legal battle over dead son’s ashes
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Lawyers for a divorced Florida couple fought over the ashes of their dead son in court on Wednesday, after a ruling in May that the remains could not be split in half.
More women detail sex abuse claims against Bill Cosby
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Three women on Wednesday came together and detailed allegations that comedian Bill Cosby sexually abused and groped them decades ago, a day after Cosby was sued by a woman who said he molested her when she was a teenager in 1974…
States sue Obama administration on immigration
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A coalition of 17 U.S. states sued the Obama administration on Wednesday saying it acted illegally by issuing an executive order to ease the threat of deportation for millions of immigrants who are in the country without the p…
