Crowd turns out in Philadelphia to mourn, honor Lewis Katz
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A celebrity-studded crowd turned out on Wednesday to mourn Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner and philanthropist Lewis Katz, who was killed in a weekend plane crash.
34 injured in fire that destroyed New York apartment house
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A five-alarm fire broke out in a New York City apartment house early on Thursday, injuring 23 firefighters and 11 other people and reportedly leading one desperate man to drop his children from a second-story window into a neighbor…
Snowden’s lawyer says assumes his Russian asylum will be extended
BERLIN (Reuters) – A lawyer for former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden told German radio on Thursday that he expected his client’s asylum in Russia to be extended beyond July.
Freed soldier’s hometown cancels rally amid anger over swap
KABUL (Reuters) – The political uproar over the prisoner swap that won the release of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity intensified on Wednesday when his hometown canceled plans for a rally celebrating his return amid allegations …
Military jet crashes in Southern California, damages homes
(Reuters) – A U.S. military jet crashed in a Southern California desert town on Wednesday, damaging homes, according to military officials and local media.
Last of Navajo ‘code talkers’ dies in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – The last of 29 Navajo Americans who developed an unbreakable code that helped Allied forces win World War Two died in New Mexico on Wednesday of kidney failure at the age of 93.
N.Y. police arrest man wanted in stabbings of children
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York police have arrested a man wanted in connection with the weekend stabbings of two children, one fatally, in a Brooklyn apartment elevator, officials said on Wednesday.
BP, Andarko must face fines for U.S. gulf oil spill: court
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp must face penalties under federal pollution laws in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which could expose the companies to billions of dollars in pote…
New York lawyer sued by U.S. over tax shelters
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government sued a New York tax lawyer on Wednesday for allegedly cheating the Internal Revenue Service out of $130 million by engineering and concealing from investigators dozens of illegal tax schemes on behalf of clients…
Wisconsin stabbing puts focus on fictional Slenderman
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A murder plot allegedly hatched by two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls in which a classmate was stabbed 19 times has put a spotlight on the apparent object of their affections – a shadowy paranormal character on the Internet known as …
