Cuban agent urges prisoner swap for U.S. contractor like Afghan deal
HAVANA (Reuters) – A Cuban intelligence officer recently released from a U.S. prison said on Monday that a similar deal to the one that freed U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl should be negotiated in the case of jailed U.S. contractor Alan Gross and thr…
Ex-Charlotte, North Carolina mayor to plead guilty in corruption case
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) – The former mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina’s largest city, is expected to plead guilty on Tuesday in a federal public corruption case that prompted his resignation after less than four months in office, court documents…
Retired NY cop kills wife, leaves body on bedroom floor: police
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A retired police officer strangled his wife during a fight and left her body on the floor of their bedroom for several days in central New York, authorities said on Monday.
Retailers to ask Supreme Court to hear ‘swipe fee’ case: counsel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of retail merchants will ask the Supreme Court to hear an appeal involving Federal Reserve rules that allow banks to charge debit card ‘swipe fees’ that retailers view as too high, an attorney for the merchants said on Mo…
U.S. unveils sweeping plan to slash power plant pollution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. power sector must cut carbon dioxide emissions 30 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, according to federal regulations unveiled on Monday that form the centerpiece of the Obama administration’s climate change strategy.
U.S. top court tosses woman’s chemical weapons conviction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the federal government wrongly used a chemical weapons law to prosecute a Pennsylvania microbiologist convicted of trying to poison her husband’s pregnant lover.
Pittsburgh Zoo, parents settle over toddler’s mauling death
(Reuters) – The family of a 2-year-old boy who was mauled to death by African wild dogs at the Pittsburgh Zoo have reached a legal settlement with the institution, officials said on Monday.
Dropout charged in Connecticut college bomb threats due in court
MILFORD Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut college dropout accused of calling in bomb threats before a commencement ceremony to keep her family from learning she was not graduating was due in court on Monday.
Attacker stabs two children in NYC elevator, killing one
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man with a kitchen knife stabbed two young children, one fatally, in an elevator in a New York City apartment building on Sunday evening, police said.
Supreme court declines to hear NYT journalist leak case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to weigh whether journalists have special free speech protections that allow them to avoid being forced to testify in government leak cases.
