Ex-convict seeking comeback leads race for Providence mayor: poll
BOSTON (Reuters) – Former Providence, Rhode Island, mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci, who served five years in prison after being convicted of racketeering, is leading in his bid to reclaim the job he held for 22 of the past 50 years, a poll released on We…
Yale endowment posts 20 percent return, besting rival Harvard
BOSTON (Reuters) – Yale University’s endowment posted a 20.2 percent return in the 2014 fiscal year, the school said on Wednesday, besting Ivy League rivals such as Harvard and Dartmouth.
Massachusetts house where dead babies were found to be razed
BOSTON (Reuters) – Officials in Blackstone, Massachusetts, ordered the owner of a home where a 31-year-old woman was found living with the bodies of three of her dead children to tear the structure down.
Houston jury clears Patti LaBelle’s bodyguards of assault
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – A Houston jury cleared bodyguards of Grammy Award-winning singer Patti LaBelle in a lawsuit filed by a former West Point cadet who claimed they beat him so badly he had to drop out of the military academy.
Houston jury clears Patti LaBelle’s bodyguards of assault
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – A Houston jury cleared bodyguards of Grammy Award-winning singer Patti LaBelle in a lawsuit filed by a former West Point cadet who claimed they beat him so badly he had to drop out of the military academy.
Exclusive: Oil company rewrites its history, may aid founder’s divorce case
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oil driller Continental Resources Inc has been revising its corporate history in ways that diminish the publicly traded company’s accomplishments under CEO Harold Hamm, part of a legal strategy that might help Hamm avoid the largest divorce award in U.S. history.
Driver charged in fatal Delaware tour bus crash
(Reuters) – A New York tour bus driver faces charges after his bus crashed on a Delaware highway, killing two women and injuring several other people, authorities said late Tuesday.
Three Seattle schools sealed off as man opens fire, attempts kidnap
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Three Seattle schools ordered students to “shelter in place” after a man opened fire with a handgun in the area and tried to lure several children into a car, police said late on Tuesday.
Louisiana 14-year-old shot dead by police after altercation
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A black teenager was shot dead during an altercation with a black police officer investigating reports of armed males entering an abandoned house in a small city near New Orleans, Louisiana state police said on Tuesday.
Oregon man sues Costco, claims store security broke his leg
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – An Oregon man has sued Costco for $670,000, claiming store security detained him and broke his leg after he refused to show his receipt when exiting the building.
