| Jury selection for Bill Cosby's sex assault trial could be completed Wednesday -  The jury that will decide whether to convict or acquit comedian Bill Cosby at his upcoming sexual assault trial in the Philadelphia area is likely to be chosen on Wednesday, even as the defense says prosecutors are trying to exclude black people from the panel. A fresh set of about 100 prospective jurors were called on Wednesday in a Pittsburgh courtroom. Judge Steven O'Neill, who will try to seat the final juror and six alternates on Wednesday, rejected the defense's arguments, saying he would reconsider if lawyers for Cosby, who is black, can provide statistical evidence.
Wed, 24 May 2017 11:02:12 -0400
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| New York firms offer 'Plan B' to staff ahead of summer transit woes -  Faced with this summer's partial shutdown of a key New York transit hub due to track repairs, some employers in the largest U.S. city are scrambling to come up with "Plan B" offerings to allow their suburb-dwelling staff to avoid the largely shuttered hub. Inquiries have spiked for temporary office spaces that do not require travel through Pennsylvania Station, the busiest train station in the U.S., where weeks-long outages in July and August are expected to trigger a travel nightmare for employees living in New Jersey and Long Island suburbs, according to businesses and real estate specialists. It is an effort to spare the station's 600,000 daily commuters from what New York Governor Andrew Cuomo predicted could be a "summer of agony," based on recent delays and cancellations triggered by a pair of derailments at the station infamous for its deteriorating tracks.
Wed, 24 May 2017 10:41:37 -0400
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| Five charged with insider trading related to U.S. health agency - ![Five charged with insider trading related to U.S. health agency]( "Five charged with insider trading related to U.S. health agency") (Reuters) - Three investment advisors, a political consultant and a former employee of a U.S. healthcare agency have been charged with engaging in an insider trading scheme using confidential information from within the health agency.
Wed, 24 May 2017 10:39:11 -0400
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| Convicted spy Pollard loses bid to relax U.S. parole conditions - ![Convicted spy Pollard loses bid to relax U.S. parole conditions]( "Convicted spy Pollard loses bid to relax U.S. parole conditions") A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected a bid by Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Navy intelligence officer who served 30 years in prison after being convicted of spying for Israel, to relax his parole conditions. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the U.S. Parole Commission acted within its discretion in requiring Pollard to wear an electronic tracking device, obey a curfew, and allow his computers to be monitored. Pollard pleaded guilty in 1986 to conspiracy to commit espionage in connection with providing Israeli contacts with hundreds of classified documents.
Wed, 24 May 2017 09:58:06 -0400
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| Newark, N.J. airport reopens after United Airlines engine fire -  United Airlines Flight 1579, a Boeing 757, was on a taxiway bound for San Francisco at about 9 p.m. when the flames were spotted coming from its right-side engine, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a written statement. United spokesman Jonathan Guerin said the aircraft was notified of the apparent fire by the control tower and one person suffered an ankle injury while evacuating. Flight tracking website Flightaware.com said all inbound flights were being held at Newark until at least 11 p.m and advised passengers of delays of up to 90 minutes because of taxiway congestion.
Wed, 24 May 2017 02:05:26 -0400
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