No charges in America’s Cup drowning, San Francisco police say
(Reuters) – No charges will be filed in connection with the death of a British Olympic sailing champion who drowned after the craft he was sailing during training for last year’s America’s Cup races capsized and broke apart in San Francisco Bay, police…
Outgoing Justice Department official says more to come in bank probes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tony West, the third-ranking official at the U.S. Department of Justice, has a ready response for critics who question why few individuals have been charged for conduct tied to the financial crisis: just wait.
U.S. government drops top security clearance contractor probed by DOJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is dropping its largest security clearance contractor, US Investigations Services LLC, which carried out background checks on Edward Snowden and the man who shot 12 people to death at the Washington Navy Yard….
In New York’s trendy SoHo, a cool million will buy a parking space
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York property developer is offering the uber-wealthy the opportunity to buy a condo parking spot for a cool $1 million – merely six times the value of a typical American home.
Mississippi gambler accused of leaving toddler in car outside casino
(Reuters) – A Mississippi father was accused of child neglect after deputies said he left his 1-year-old toddler in the car while he gambled for an hour in a casino.
Imprisoned former Pennsylvania minister sentenced for wife’s murder
Harrisburg Pa. (Reuters) – A former Methodist minister serving life in prison in Pennsylvania for the murder of his second wife was sentenced on Wednesday to up to 40 additional years for killing his first wife as well.
South Carolina man faces murder charges in deaths of his five children
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – A man accused of killing his five children in South Carolina and driving their corpses through several states before dumping them in garbage bags in Alabama will be charged with murder, law enforcement authorities said on We…
Heatstroke killed Maryland woman, daughters found in car: coroner
ANNAPOLIS Md. (Reuters) – (This version of the story first published on August 12 corects the age of the younger child in paragraph 2 to 5 months, not 9 months)
U.S. to alert retailers to bomb materials to counter home-grown threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The government plans to give U.S. retailers a list of materials that can be used in explosives and ask them to look out for suspicious behavior as a way to combat domestic terrorism, the homeland security secretary said on Wednes…
University of California task force won’t support divesting fossil-fuel holding
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A University of California panel announced recommendations on Wednesday to combat climate change and make the university more sustainable, but declined to endorse shedding its fossil fuel holdings from its $91 billion invesmen…
