A jury in Newark, New Jersey, has reached a verdict Friday in the trial of two former officials who worked closely with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie surrounding the 2013 lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, commonly known as "Bridgegate."
Jurors began a third day of deliberations Friday in the defamation case against Rolling Stone and its discredited article about a gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house.
Bombardier completed the first test flight of its new Global 7000 business jet Friday, in a move aimed at breathing new life into sagging demand for private aircraft.
Chicago celebrated the first World Series championship of its beloved Cubs in 108 years with a procession Friday that started at Wrigley Field and ended in a massive rally at Grant Park downtown. Even the Chicago River was dyed Cubbie blue.
President Barack Obama on Friday shortened the sentences of 72 federal inmates, the vast majority serving lengthy prison terms for non-violent drug crimes.
Thirteen individuals have become ill from a serious and sometimes fatal fungal infection previously unseen in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The fungus, Candida auris, is known to occur in health care settings such as hospitals and nursing homes.
Though New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was not on trial in connection with the Bridgegate scandal, the case has thrown into question the political future of the once-rising Republican star.
