No verdict after second day deliberations over accused Boston bomber friend
BOSTON (Reuters) – A jury deliberated for a second day on Wednesday over whether a friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect was too high on marijuana to have intentionally lied to investigators about his role in the aftermath of the 2013 attack.
Navajo court removes presidential candidate over language dispute
PHOENIX (Reuters) – The Navajo Nation Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a tribal presidential hopeful to remain on the Nov. 4 ballot after he was disqualified for refusing to prove his fluency in the Navajo language, court documents showed on Wed…
Lockheed Martin challenges contract to Raytheon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp on Wednesday said it had filed a formal protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) challenging the Air Force’s decision to pick Raytheon Co to develop a new long-range radar.
U.S. jury convicts ex-Blackwater guards in 2007 Baghdad killings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal jury found three American former Blackwater guards guilty of manslaughter and weapons charges on Wednesday and a fourth of murder in connection with the 2007 killing of 14 unarmed Iraqis at a Baghdad traffic circle…
NYC subway breaks record with more than 6 million daily rides
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More people rode the New York City subway than ever in September, with the number of trips exceeding a record-breaking 6 million on five separate days over the month, transit officials said on Wednesday.
Autopsy of slain Missouri teen shows close-range gunshot
(Reuters) – The official autopsy on an unarmed black teenager whose killing by a white police officer set off months of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, suggests he sustained a gunshot wound to the hand from close range, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch repo…
Mega harvest leaves U.S. farmers battling bugs in storage bins
CHICAGO (Reuters) – With record harvests depressing prices, U.S. farmers are holding tight to their corn and soybeans and binging on chemicals that protect stored grain from critters or even leaving corn standing in fields over winter to avoid storage …
U.S. pastor defrocked over son’s same-sex wedding faces Methodist council
MEMPHIS Tenn. (Reuters) – A U.S. pastor who was defrocked after officiating at his son’s same-sex wedding ceremony, and later reinstated, made an appeal to hang onto his ordination before a Methodist judicial council on Wednesday.
Father, son who ran NY drug treatment centers face fraud charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A father and son who ran New York City substance abuse clinics were accused on Wednesday of stealing tax money meant to treat addicts and using it to fund a lavish lifestyle that included luxury cars.
Suspected serial killer charged in another murder in Indiana
CROWN POINT Ind. (Reuters) – Suspected serial killer Darren Vann, who was arrested on Saturday and charged in the murder of a young woman whose body was found in a motel in Indiana, was charged on Wednesday in the murder of another woman, prosecutors s…
