U.S. investigator of Colombia scandal quits over prostitution case: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Department of Homeland Security official who ran an investigation of a prostitution scandal involving Secret Service agents in Colombia in 2012 resigned after he was suspected of visiting a prostitute in Florida, the New Y…
Twenty-nine charged in Chicago with ‘cracking cards’ bank fraud scheme
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Twenty-nine people in the Chicago area face state or federal charges for involvement with a bank fraud scheme known as “cracking cards,” which found participants through rap music and social media, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Chrysler recalling over 300,000 Ram trucks for fire hazard
DETROIT (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s Chrysler Group said on Wednesday it is recalling 381,876 Ram trucks mostly in the United States to correct a potential fire hazard.
Man who vanished from Denver NFL game said he ‘had his fill of football’
DENVER (Reuters) – A man who vanished during a National Football League game in Denver last week only to be found safe days later told police afterward that he had had his “fill of football” and had wanted to go somewhere warmer, authorities said on We…
Chicago high school evacuated, nine taken to hospital after gas leak
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago high school was evacuated on Wednesday due to a natural gas leak and nine students were taken to local hospitals as a precautionary measure, all in good condition, police said.
Halloween season rides a shriek-filled draw for theme parks
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – Chainsaw-wielding ghouls draw screaming crowds so large to Universal Orlando’s “Halloween Horror Nights” that traffic snarls around the Florida theme park on fall evenings, just another nightmare in the industry’s soaring thril…
Purdue University shooter found dead in Indiana prison
(Reuters) – A former Purdue University student who admitted killing a fellow student on campus in January has been found dead in prison of an apparent suicide, a state prison official said on Wednesday.
Suspected Indiana serial killer pleads not guilty to two murders
CROWN POINT Ind. (Reuters) – Suspected Indiana serial killer Darren Vann pleaded not guilty at a court hearing on Wednesday to the murders of two women.
U.S. Coast Guard rescues 33 Cuban migrants off Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 33 Cuban migrants from an overloaded boat taking on water off the southeast Florida coast on Wednesday, two days after 11 Cubans were pulled from the waters off the coast of Miami, officials said.
Quarantine-like monitoring approved for U.S. troops on Ebola mission
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday approved a strict, 21-day quarantine-like monitoring period for all U.S. troops returning from the Ebola relief mission in West Africa, the Pentagon said.
