Gray family satisfied with charges...Former Christie aide maintains innocence...Stocks rebound

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Freddie Gray's stepfather says the family is satisfied with a prosecutor's decision to charge six police officers involved in Gray's arrest. Richard Shipley says it's the first step in getting justice for Gray. Prosecutors say the 25-year-old black man died after suffering a critical spine injury in the back of a police wagon. State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby says Gray's death was a homicide, his arrest was illegal and his treatment amounted to murder and manslaughter. An attorney for one of the officers calls the charges a rush to judgment.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors have filed a motion saying a judge could consider lesser charges against a Cleveland police officer for his role in the 137-bullet shooting deaths of two unarmed people after a high-speed chase. Testimony in Michael Brelo's (BREE'-lohz) voluntary-manslaughter trial ended yesterday. Brelo was among more than a dozen officers involved in the incident. He's accused of firing the final 15 shots. A county judge says he'll announce his verdict in the next several weeks.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie's former deputy chief of staff says she is innocent of charges that she schemed to shut down traffic lanes on the George Washington Bridge. At a news conference today, Bridget Kelly said she never conspired with David Wildstein (WYLD'-steen) and called him a liar. Wildstein has pleaded guilty. She also says it is "ludicrous" for the indictment to suggest that she was the only person in Christie's office who was aware of the bridge issue. The governor was not implicated in the indictment.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks have erased much of yesterday's losses, but they've still finished the week down. The Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite all gained one percent or more. The Dow rose 183.54 to close at 18,024. The S&P gained 22.78 to 2,108. And the Nasdaq added 63.97 points to 5,005. Traders did some bargain hunting today, picking up companies that had dropped earlier in the week.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Canadian officials have unveiled new safety rules for rail tank cars that carry crude oil and other flammable liquids. They'll have to be built to stronger standards, in hopes of reducing the risk of a catastrophic crash and fire. The regulations are a response to a series of fiery train crashes in both countries -- including one in July of 2013 in Quebec that killed 47 people and destroyed most of the central business district of a town just across the border from Maine.