Harrisburg mayor spoke to grand jury on city finances
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, said on Friday he recently testified before a grand jury investigating how the city’s finances declined to near bankruptcy under its previous administration.
Internet companies’ growing ambitions spook 51 percent of Americans: Reuters/Ipsos poll
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The personal data gathering abilities of Google, Facebook and other tech companies has sparked growing unease among Americans, with a majority worried that Internet companies are encroaching too much upon their lives, a new po…
No charges for snowboarder who triggered killer Montana avalanche
(Reuters) – A snowboarder who inadvertently triggered a deadly avalanche that engulfed a Montana home in February will not face charges for riding a mountain slope that was closed to the public at the time, prosecutors said on Friday.
US judge to strike Ohio ban on recognizing out-of-state gay nuptials
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – A federal judge said on Friday that Ohio’s ban on recognizing the marriages of same-sex couples wed outside the state was unconstitutional and would be struck down later this month.
Detroit leaders decry beating of driver who hit, tried to aid boy
(Reuters) – Detroit’s mayor and city council president on Friday called for calm and condemned the severe beating that bystanders gave to a motorist who stopped to help a 10-year-old boy he had struck with his vehicle.
Two drug tunnels, with rail systems, found at U.S.-Mexico border
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. federal agents have uncovered two drug-smuggling tunnels underneath the U.S.-Mexico border, both surfacing in San Diego-area warehouses and equipped with rail systems for moving contraband, officials said on Friday.
Potential witness in terrorism trial does not want to testify in U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former al Qaeda operative in Britain told a U.S. judge on Friday that he feared he would be arrested if he traveled to the United States to testify for the prosecution in the upcoming trial of the one-eyed, handless Muslim cleric…
Operator who crashed train at Chicago’s O’Hare airport fired
(Reuters) – Chicago transit officials on Friday fired a train operator who dozed off and did not wake up until cars jumped the end of the track at O’Hare International Airport and ran part-way up an escalator and stairs, a spokeswoman said.
Bond manager featured in ‘The Big Short’ breaks down on stand
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wing Chau, an investment adviser made infamous in the “The Big Short,” a best-selling book about the financial crisis, wept on the witness stand during his administrative trial on Friday before yelling, “Shame on you!” at a lawyer …
Chinese national indicted in US over exports to Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese citizen faces U.S. criminal charges that he conspired to export to Iran products that could be used in that country’s nuclear program, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.
