New York’s Metropolitan Opera vandalized with painted obscenities
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s storied Metropolitan Opera House was struck by a vandal who spray painted obscenities on paintings, sculptures and administrative offices early on Wednesday, police said.
Detroit bankruptcy judge rejects big-ticket creditor claims
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit is off the hook for $150 million to buy garbage trucks that one resident claimed or to compensate a California man $1 trillion for the loss of nuclear research materials, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge ruled on Wednesday.
Lawyer gets 15 years prison for massive U.S. tax fraud scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former partner at the defunct law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday following his conviction in what prosecutors call the largest criminal tax fraud in U.S. history.
Woman blames fall on ‘Dexter’ ad at NY’s Grand Central Terminal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A woman who claims she was injured when she was startled by an advertisement for cable television’s “Dexter” show at Grand Central Terminal has filed a lawsuit saying the ad’s placement was dangerous, her attorney said on Wednesday…
Exclusive: Virgin America flight attendants to hold union vote
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Flight attendants at Virgin America are due to begin voting next month on whether to join a union, which would be the first at the California-based airline.
New York airports consider playing catch up on free Wi-Fi access
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Airports in the New York City area could soon join others in major U.S. cities that offer free wireless Internet access, according to a plan being considered on Wednesday by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Georgia man charged with murder after leaving son in car seat
ATLANTA (Reuters) – After having breakfast with his son at a restaurant last week, a suburban Atlanta man was supposed to drop the 22-month-old toddler at a day-care center on his way to work.
Five-burger reward offered in Connecticut restaurant theft
MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut burger joint is offering five free cheeseburgers – hold the criminal charges – to anyone who helps recover a six-foot high (1.8 meter) fiberglass double cheeseburger stolen from outside the restaurant.
Accused N.H. killer was overcome by ‘darkness’: prosecutor
DOVER N.H. (Reuters) – Seth Mazzaglia was overtaken by “the darkness” when he strangled a 19-year-old University of New Hampshire student in 2012 for rejecting his sexual advances, a state prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Massachusetts high court says accused criminal must decrypt computers for police
BOSTON (Reuters) – Police can order an accused criminal to decrypt his computer without violating his constitutional right against self-incrimination, Massachusetts’ top court said on Wednesday.
