Former National Guard member gets 30 years for plot to attack Illinois base
By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - A former member of the Illinois National Guard was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Tuesday for planning with his cousin to attack a military installation...
View ArticleProtest erupts after police kill black man in North Carolina
By Greg LacourCHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) - Protesters blocked a highway and clashed with police in Charlotte, North Carolina, early on Wednesday morning after officers fatally shot a black man they said...
View ArticleU.S. government approves Colonial Pipeline restart after leak
By Devika Krishna Kumar and Jarrett RenshawNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government approved a Wednesday restart for Colonial Pipeline Co's main gasoline pipeline, authorities said on Tuesday, after...
View ArticleLawyer for JonBenet Ramsey family vows to sue CBS over documentary
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - The lawyer for the family of slain child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey denounced a CBS documentary theorizing she was killed by her brother, Burke, as a "false and...
View Article'L.A. Confidential' director Curtis Hanson found dead at California home
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Movie director Curtis Hanson, who won an Oscar for “L.A Confidential”, was found dead in his California home on Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Department said. He was...
View ArticleDivided U.S. Supreme Court turns to less sensitive IP cases
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shorthanded and ideologically divided, the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to take up any cases on politically sensitive social issues in its new term starting in...
View ArticleNew York bomb squad clears suspicious package in Times Square
By Laila KearneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's bomb squad responded to a suspicious piece of luggage abandoned on a sidewalk in the Times Square neighborhood on Wednesday that was later determined to...
View ArticleCalm urged in Charlotte, North Carolina after 16 officers hurt in protests
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - The mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday called for calm and peace after 16 officers were hurt and police vehicles were damaged overnight during a...
View ArticleAtlanta rapper Shawty Lo dies in car crash
By Rich McKayATLANTA (Reuters) - Atlanta rapper Carlos Walker, who went by the stage name Shawty Lo, died early on Wednesday in a fiery car crash while returning from a nightclub near his hometown,...
View ArticleCrime-plagued Chicago to add nearly 1,000 police officers
By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago's police department plans to hire nearly 1,000 officers over the next two years in a bid to combat a surge of violence in the third-largest U.S. city...
View ArticleThree ex-New York prison guards arrested over 2013 inmate beating
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - Three former New York state jail guards were arrested on Wednesday on federal charges that they participated in the 2013 beating of an inmate who suffered...
View ArticleRyan has concerns over 9/11 Saudi bill but predicts veto override
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives would override any presidential veto of a bill allowing survivors and families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, Speaker...
View ArticleColonial says gasoline line safely restarted after leak
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Colonial Pipeline Co [COLPI.UL] said its main gasoline line, Line 1, was safely restarted and returned to service on Wednesday after its biggest leak in nearly two decades squeezed...
View ArticleExxonMobil to pay $12 million in Montana oil spill settlement
By Laura Zuckerman(Reuters) - ExxonMobil Corp. has agreed to pay $12 million to Montana and the U.S. government to restore natural resources damaged or destroyed by a pipeline rupture in 2011 that...
View ArticleWorld's oldest Catholic bishop dies at age 104 in New Jersey
By Laila KearneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's oldest Roman Catholic bishop, who championed civil rights and promoted equality for women in the church, has died in New Jersey at age 104, church...
View ArticleTexas says withdrawing from U.S. refugee resettlement program
By Jon HerskovitzAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas gave notice on Wednesday that it was withdrawing from participating in the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement's program, citing security concerns after...
View ArticleDisease-related malnutrition costs U.S. $15.5 billion annually: study
By Natalie Grover(Reuters) - The United States could save at least $15.5 billion in annual healthcare spending if malnutrition caused by chronic diseases is better addressed, according to a study.The...
View ArticleKansas argues against boost in school funding
(Reuters) - Kansas sought on Wednesday to avoid a court ruling that could force the cash-strapped state to increase school funding by more than $1 billion.Lawyers for the state and for public school...
View ArticleJudge dismisses case against North Carolina's gay marriage opt-out law
By Mica RosenbergNEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge threw out a challenge to a North Carolina law that allows government officials to refuse to perform same-sex marriages if they cite religious...
View ArticleNo charges for Maryland policeman who killed armed black woman
(Reuters) - No charges will be filed against a Maryland police officer who fatally shot an armed black woman during a standoff that she live-streamed over the internet, a prosecutor said on...
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