San Francisco city attorney sues developer of sinking luxury tower
By Curtis SkinnerSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco's city attorney on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the developer of a luxury condominium high-rise that has sunk by more than a foot, saying...
View ArticleBaltimore man ordered to pay $1 million for cutting fire hose in riot
(Reuters) - A Baltimore man was sentenced on Thursday to pay $1 million in restitution for puncturing a fire hose at a burning drugstore during rioting last year, federal authorities said.Gregory...
View ArticleJudge refuses to block New York 'ballot selfie' law
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday refused to block enforcement of a New York state law barring voters from taking photographs of their marked ballots so that they...
View ArticleMissing South Carolina woman found alive, chained in storage container
By Dan Whitcomb(Reuters) - A South Carolina woman reported missing in August along with her live-in boyfriend was found on Thursday, "chained up like a dog" in a storage container, and a registered sex...
View ArticleEx-cop in Cincinnati shooting not dragged by car: prosecution expert
By Ginny McCabeCINCINNATI (Reuters) - A former University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murdering a black Ohio man during a traffic stop was not dragged or in danger of being run over, a...
View ArticlePhiladelphia transit agency may try to halt strike on Election Day
By Joseph AxNEW YORK (Reuters) - Philadelphia public transit officials may ask a federal judge as soon as Friday to force striking workers to return to their jobs on Election Day if a deal is not in...
View ArticleFund for burned, vandalized black Mississippi church nears $200,000
By Jon Herskovitz(Reuters) - An internet fundraising campaign to repair a historic black Mississippi church that was burned and spray-painted with "Vote Trump" a week before the U.S. presidential...
View ArticleA year inside America's militia
By Jim Urquhart(Reuters) - Some call them militia. They call themselves patriots.In the United States, many local militias are armed and have taken issue with some government policies.After spending a...
View ArticleMarijuana investor Privateer raises $40 million on eve of U.S. elections
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Marijuana private equity investor Privateer Holdings has raised $40 million in convertible debt ahead of next week's elections, with pot legalization on the ballot in nine...
View ArticleSupreme Court puts Alabama execution on hold
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold the Alabama execution of a man convicted of murder for the 1982 slaying of his girlfriend's husband, according to the court order.Before the...
View ArticleMore U.S. middle school students dying of suicide than car crashes
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - The suicide rate among U.S. middle school students doubled from 2007 to 2014, surpassing for the first time the incidence of youngsters aged 10 to 14 who died in car...
View ArticleVerdict in Rolling Stone trial over university rape story
(Reuters) - A federal jury has reached a verdict in the defamation lawsuit brought by University of Virginia administrator Nicole Eramo over a retracted Rolling Stone magazine story about a gang rape...
View ArticleU.S. public can expect increased security presence: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities remain concerned about homegrown violent extremists and the public will continue to see increased security in public places, a Department of Homeland Security...
View ArticleRolling Stone liable for defamation in campus rape story
By Ian Simpson(Reuters) - A federal jury on Friday found Rolling Stone magazine liable of defaming a University of Virginia administrator by publishing a story it later retracted about an alleged gang...
View ArticleKentucky clerk opposed to gay marriage fights attempts to recoup legal fees
By Steve BittenbenderLOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - A Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples is fighting efforts to force her to pay the more than $230,000 in legal...
View ArticlePittsburgh police chief to quit after union's 'no confidence' vote
By Laila Kearney(Reuters) - A Pennsylvania police chief, who angered some of his department's rank-and-file members by speaking out in uniform at the Democratic National Convention in support of...
View ArticleBody found on South Carolina property after kidnap victim rescued
By Gina Cherelus(Reuters) - Authorities on Friday discovered a body on a South Carolina property where they were investigating claims by a woman who was found chained in a storage container there that...
View ArticleBig name dropping in South Dakota ballot fight
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) President Obama, Hillary Clinton, Pope Francis and Cain and Abel are all being used in the high stakes debate over Initiated Measure 21 in South Dakota.IM-21, one of 10 ballot...
View ArticleNew York police officer and suspect killed in Bronx shootout
By Gina CherelusNEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City police sergeant was fatally shot and another was wounded on Friday in a shootout on the streets of the Bronx that also resulted in the death of the...
View ArticleRecord Breaking Early Voting
MADISON, WI (Wisconsin Radio Network) - It appears Wisconsin voters have been listening to calls to get out and cast their ballot early.Figures released by the Wisconsin Elections Commission on Friday...
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