Four men plead not guilty to murder in 2013 carjacking at N.J. mall
NEWARK N.J. (Reuters) – Four men accused of slaying a lawyer in front of his wife during a 2013 carjacking at an upscale New Jersey mall pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to murder and illegal weapons possession.
Search near abandoned car fails to turn up missing ex-Harlem Globetrotter
(Reuters) – Police in Northern California have called off a search through remote terrain for former Harlem Globetrotters player Rico Omarr Harris, whose car was found in the area nearly two weeks ago, authorities said on Wednesday.
Fowle back at Ohio home after half-year detention in North Korea
(Reuters) – American Jeffrey Fowle returned to his home in southern Ohio on Wednesday after a tearful reunion with this family at a U.S. Air Force base in the state, and his lawyer said he was in good health after a nearly half-year detention in North …
Distracted truck driver blamed for Maryland train wreck, explosion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A trash truck driver talking on a hands-free mobile device caused a 2013 Maryland train collision that led to a 15-car derailment and explosion, U.S. investigators said on Wednesday.
Oklahoma judge allows law banning abortion pills to take effect
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma judge said on Wednesday he will allow a law that bans abortion-inducing drugs to take effect as planned on Nov. 1, over the objections of abortion rights advocates who said the measure is poor public health policy …
California venture firm does not have to release documents in discrimination suit
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California’s privacy laws have saved a high-profile venture capital firm from having to release potentially embarrassing information about a former partner in a discrimination lawsuit by a former female partner.
U.S. Secret Service blasted for sending agents to employee’s house
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Government investigators faulted the Secret Service on Wednesday for pulling agents from their posts near the White House and sending them to the home of an agency employee involved in a private dispute in 2011.
Detroit can survive after bankruptcy but large risks loom: expert
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit’s relatively fast move through municipal bankruptcy has resulted in costly creditor settlements and too little emphasis on fixing the city’s broken operations, a restructuring expert testified in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Wed…
Suspected serial killer silent at Indiana court hearing
CROWN POINT Ind. (Reuters) – Serial killer suspect Darren Vann was silent on Wednesday at a preliminary court hearing in Lake County, Indiana, and the judge warned him he could be held in contempt and ordered him to appear again next week to be informe…
Researchers find German U-boat, ship it sank off U.S. coast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The wreck of a World War Two German U-boat and a freighter it sank 72 years ago have been discovered off the North Carolina coast by U.S. researchers, officials said.
