Businessman says helped ex-Virginia governor, wife as part of ‘business relationship’
RICHMOND Va (Reuters) – The businessman at the heart of a corruption trial involving former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, testified on Wednesday he helped them out with gifts and loans strictly for the benefit of his dietary…
San Diego student’s near-death in DEA custody avoidable: report
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Simple measures, such as a white board listing names of prisoners, might have prevented the near-death of a San Diego college student inadvertently left in a holding cell for nearly five days without food or water, a federal repor…
Crashed drone carried contraband aimed at South Carolina prison
CHARLESTON Fla. (Reuters) – A drone being flown in a novel attempt to smuggle phones, marijuana and tobacco into a South Carolina maximum security prison crashed outside its walls, authorities said on Wednesday.
U.S. advances plan to reintroduce wild bison herds outside Yellowstone
(Reuters) – New herds of genetically pure wild bison may once again roam vast expanses of the American West where the iconic animal has been absent since the end of the 19th century, under a tentative plan federal officials advanced on Wednesday.
Teen who sneaked to top of World Trade Center pleads guilty: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey teen, who sneaked into New York City’s One World Trade Center and ascended to the top of the 104-story building to the antenna, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge stemming from the incident, New York m…
Liberia shuts schools as Ebola spreads, Peace Corps leaves three countries
DAKAR (Reuters) – Liberia will close schools and consider quarantining some communities, it said on Wednesday, rolling out the toughest measures yet imposed by a West African government to halt the worst outbreak on record of the deadly Ebola virus.
Chicken pox halts immigrant processing at New Mexico center
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – U.S. border authorities have suspended the processing of undocumented immigrants at a center in New Mexico after one of the detainees was diagnosed with chicken pox, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement sai…
Liberia shuts schools as Ebola spreads, Peace Corps leaves West Africa
DAKAR (Reuters) – Liberia will close schools and consider quarantining some communities, it said on Wednesday, rolling out the toughest measures yet imposed by a West African government to halt the worst outbreak on record of the deadly Ebola virus.
Colorado nurse sues after being a ‘hostage’ in armed gunman drill
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado woman is suing the nursing home where she worked and local police for allegedly not telling her that a gunman who held her hostage was a police officer conducting a safety drill, court documents show.
Gunman, two others killed in North Carolina shooting
(Reuters) – A North Carolina man who opened fire on Wednesday on a mobile home with six people inside, killing two, was himself killed in an exchange of gunfire with authorities in a incident that also left three sheriff’s deputies wounded, authorities…
