Accused 'fake news' gunman faces federal hearing in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 28-year-old North Carolina man charged in a shooting in a Washington pizzeria that fake news reports claimed was a front for a child sex ring is due to appear in federal court...
View ArticleNew York and Boston could approach record lows in Arctic chill
(Reuters) - The Arctic air blowing through New York and Boston will bring near record low temperatures on Friday, while another blast of cold air is flowing into the Midwest, a meteorologist said.The...
View ArticleFederal Aid for Sevier County Fires
Federal Aid is coming to Sevier County. The money will help with recovery efforts from the wildfires that got out of control in Gatlinburg on November 28th. President Obama signed a disaster relief...
View ArticleOmnicom, Publicis get DoJ subpoenas over video production practices
By Tim Baysinger(Reuters) - Subsidiaries for advertising companies Omnicom Group Inc and Publicis Groupe SA were subpoenaed by the U.S. Department of Justice, both companies said on Friday.The Justice...
View ArticlePrinceton suspends men's swim team over vulgar messages
(Reuters) - New Jersey's Princeton University has suspended its men's swim team over offensive content on a team message service, marking the third such action against an Ivy League athletic squad...
View ArticleTennessee inmates steal deputy's car, flee jail; two on the run
(Reuters) - Four inmates escaped an eastern Tennessee jail early on Friday by overpowering deputies and fleeing in an officer's vehicle, and two are still on the run, the sheriff said.The inmates...
View ArticleCarMax, others to settle U.S. complaint over safety claims: FTC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CarMax Inc and two other used vehicle retailers have agreed to settle a federal complaint that they failed to disclose to buyers that some vehicles they were selling were under...
View ArticleVirgin Atlantic pilots vote for industrial action over union recognition
LONDON (Reuters) - Pilots at Virgin Atlantic voted on Friday to work to rule from Dec. 23 in a dispute over sole recognition of their union, the latest round of industrial action to threaten Christmas...
View ArticleU.S. endorses plan to expand, fix northeast rail corridor
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S agency on Friday endorsed an expensive plan to expand and repair the busy U.S. Northeast Corridor rail lines over the next three decades, adding new...
View ArticleU.S. indicts three Romanians over $4 million cyber fraud
By Nate Raymond(Reuters) - Three Romanian nationals have been extradited to the United States to face charges that they operated a cyber fraud scheme in which they infected at least 60,000 computers...
View ArticleTransgender Ohio child may continue to use girl's restroom: appeals court
By Sharon Bernstein(Reuters) - An 11-year-old transgender Ohio child must be allowed to continue to use the girls' restroom while her school district appeals a court ruling in her favor, a U.S. appeals...
View ArticleNew York's anti-Trump sticky notes head for museum preservation
By David IngramNEW YORK (Reuters) - A historical group on Friday began preserving thousands of sticky notes placed on the walls of a busy New York subway station over the past month to lament the...
View ArticleFBI agent leaked insider trading probe involving gambler, pro golfer: U.S.
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors said on Friday that an FBI agent had confessed to being a "significant source" of leaks to journalists covering an insider trading probe involving a...
View ArticleMichigan loses court case to stop home water deliveries due to lead
By Timothy Mclaughlin(Reuters) - Michigan must deliver bottled water or provide in-home filtration to all qualified residents in the city of Flint, where lead contamination sparked a public health...
View ArticleEx-Georgia policeman convicted of murder in Taser death of suspect: media
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A former Georgia policeman was found guilty of murder on Friday in the death of a suspect shocked repeatedly with a Taser while handcuffed, media reported, in a rare criminal...
View ArticleN.Y. Klansman gets 30 years in prison for plot vs Muslims, Obama
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A self-proclaimed white supremacist convicted on charges he planned to use a "death ray" to kill Muslims and President Barack Obama was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in prison,...
View ArticleU.S. school an antidote to transgender discrimination complaints
By Letitia SteinATLANTA (Reuters) - Inside a sunny classroom at a church decorated with rainbow flags, two transgender teenagers exploded into giggles during a dance break from math at Pride School...
View ArticleU.S. charges Platinum Partners execs with $1 billion fraud
By Nate Raymond and Lawrence DelevingneNEW YORK (Reuters) - Top executives of New York-based hedge fund manager Platinum Partners were arrested on Monday and charged with running a $1 billion fraud...
View ArticleAlmost two dozen horses killed in Kentucky barn fire
By Gina Cherelus(Reuters) - A fire tore through a barn at a thoroughbred training center near Lexington, Kentucky, killing almost two dozen horses, the owner and local law enforcement said on...
View ArticleRussian ambassador shot dead in Ankara gallery
By Umit Bektas, Orhan Coskun and Tuvan GumrukcuANKARA (Reuters) - The Russian ambassador to Turkey was shot in the back and killed as he gave a speech at an Ankara art gallery on Monday by an off-duty...
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