Wisconsin judge rejects bid to stop election recount
By Timothy Mclaughlin(Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Wisconsin on Friday rejected a request by President-elect Donald Trump supporters to stop a recount of election votes while the Michigan Supreme Court...
View ArticleEx-Cantor Fitzgerald mortgage bond trader indicted in U.S. for fraud
By Nate Raymond(Reuters) - A former Cantor Fitzgerald trader has been indicted on charges that he defrauded investors by lying about the price of mortgage bond transactions he handled for them after...
View ArticleN.Y. City to pay $600,000 in police brutality case
By Joseph AxNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has agreed to pay more than $600,000 to settle claims from a man who said he was brutally beaten by police officers nearly five years ago.Jateik Reed was...
View ArticleInmate coughs, heaves during Alabama execution raising ire over drug
By David Beasley(Reuters) - A man executed by Alabama on Thursday night heaved and coughed for 13 minutes before dying, and critics of capital punishment said his reaction was caused by a drug that...
View ArticleMassachusetts man sentenced for threats to bomb schools in four states
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts man arrested last year for making a series of bomb threats to schools in four U.S. states in 2015 has been sentenced to three years probation, according to court...
View ArticleGabonese man pleads guilty in U.S. hedge fund bribery case
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Gabonese man who prosecutors say acted as a "fixer" for a joint-venture involving the hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC pleaded guilty on Friday to...
View ArticleChild porn suspect on 'most wanted' list arrested in Alaska
(Reuters) - A man who was on a federal law enforcement agency's top 10 "most wanted list" after being indicted on charges of distributing child pornography was arrested in Alaska, officials said on...
View ArticleWashington's subway cited for surge in electrical arcing
By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Potentially dangerous electrical arcing in Washington's Metro, the second-busiest U.S. subway system, has increased, federal investigators said in a report on...
View ArticleDeadly New York crane collapse in February was operator error: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A crane collapse in February that killed one person, injured three pedestrians and flattened parked cars along a busy street in New York City was the result of operator error, a...
View ArticleChicago schools' new debt deal tops U.S. muni sales next week
By Karen Pierog and Hilary RussCHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The financially struggling Chicago Board of Education next week will sell a new type of debt, armed with an investment grade rating from...
View ArticleColombian gets prison in U.S. drug case involving Venezuelan military
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Colombian butcher accused of working with members of the Venezuelan military to facilitate shipments of massive loads of cocaine from South America to the United...
View ArticleCalifornia county settles with family of killed inmate for $3.6 million
By Curtis SkinnerSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A county in the San Francisco Bay area has reached a $3.6 million settlement with the family of a mentally ill inmate who authorities said was beaten to death...
View ArticleDallas pension fund halts payments following mayor's lawsuit
By Rory Carroll(Reuters) - The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System's board has halted withdrawals from a deferred retirement plan following a lawsuit by the city's mayor, who claimed withdrawals were...
View ArticleLegislation to fund US gov't through April clears procedural hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to fund the U.S. government cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate on Friday and appeared poised to pass the chamber, averting a government shutdown.The vote, 61-38,...
View ArticleWMU basketball player arrested for murder
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO-AM) -- Another Western Michigan University athlete is in custody and this time under suspicion of murder after the shooting death of an exercise science major from Onsted,...
View ArticlePre-trial hearing for suspected mass murderer
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO-AM) -- It looks like it will be beyond the first anniversary of the mass shooting in Kalamazoo before Uber driver Jason Dalton will go on trial.During a closed status conference...
View ArticleFirst gorilla born in captivity, age 59, returns to Ohio zoo after surgery
By Gina Cherelus(Reuters) - The first gorilla born in captivity has returned to her enclosure at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio after recovering from successful surgery last week to remove a...
View ArticleNDSU Bison run over Jackrabbits in 36-10 FCS quarterfinal round win
South Dakota State University delivered the first punch on Saturday in the FCS quarterfinals against North Dakota State University.SDSU scored on their first two possessions to jump out to a 10-0 lead...
View ArticleCadillac disavows casting call for 'neo-Nazi' character in brand ad
By Joseph WhiteDETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co's Cadillac brand on Saturday disavowed a casting notice that called for an "alt-right (neo nazi)" role in a Cadillac commercial amid a storm of...
View ArticleAbout 40 cars in pile-up on snowy highway near Detroit
(Reuters) - A pile-up involving about 40 cars in snowy conditions forced the temporary closure of part of Interstate 75 northwest of Detroit on Saturday and several motorists were injured, a spokesman...
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