LED-lit pigeons illuminate New York skies in art exhibit
By Barbara GoldbergNEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of pigeons with tiny LED lights strapped to their legs swooped through the darkening skies in a jaw-dropping display of beauty, but savvy New Yorkers...
View ArticleMichigan driver clinging to life after highway murder attempt
By Eric M. Johnson(Reuters) - A motorist was shot multiple times and critically wounded on Friday by someone in another vehicle as they drove along Interstate 94 in Detroit and Michigan police were...
View ArticleState education chief opts against Chicago schools takeover
By Karen Pierog and Dave McKinneyCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago's cash-strapped public school district is not in sufficiently bad financial shape to warrant a state takeover, according to an Illinois...
View ArticleHarris Corp wins $405.5 million military contract: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Harris Corp was awarded a $405.5 million contract for the sale of military radio systems to Morocco, the Pentagon said in a statement on Friday. (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham;...
View ArticleTwo charged in killing of New Jersey student
By Gina CherelusNEW YORK (Reuters) - Two New Jersey men were charged on Friday in the murder of a college student who was fatally shot this week at a Newark fraternity house, prosecutors said. One...
View ArticleSix perish in upstate New York house fire
By Marcus E. HowardNEW YORK (Reuters) - Six people, including four children, were died on Friday when fire swept through a wood-frame house in Syracuse, New York, fire officials and local media...
View ArticleU.S. trial delayed for man accused of buying guns used by San Bernardino...
(Reuters) - The trial for a man accused of purchasing the assault-style rifles used by a married couple to massacre 14 people in San Bernardino, California last year has been postponed until March, a...
View ArticleTrump dips toe into delicate U.S. debt discussion
By Emily FlitterNEW YORK (Reuters) - Would Donald Trump really consider not paying portions of the U.S. debt? The prospect riled economists on Friday as stories in the New York Times and the...
View ArticleTrump to testify in Trump University lawsuit after Nov. 8 vote: reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump will testify after the Nov. 8 presidential election in a class-action lawsuit that accuses him and his now-defunct Trump University of defrauding people who paid up...
View ArticleWells Fargo told staff to keep quiet about missing papers: lawsuit
By David Ingram(Reuters) - A former employee accused Wells Fargo & Co of instructing workers at a call center to refrain from telling customers about lost deeds or other missing documents, and of...
View ArticlePrince estate lawyers may get blood sample for possible paternity claims
(Reuters) - Lawyers charged with untangling the multimillion-dollar estate of late pope star Prince can get a sample of his blood from the coroner so they can analyze the singer's DNA should a...
View ArticleArizona joins rest of U.S. in adding health insurance program for children
By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's governor signed into law on Friday a bitterly contested proposal that will restore a federal health insurance program for children from low-income...
View ArticleAlabama's top judge faces ethics charges over gay-marriage order
By Brendan O'Brien(Reuters) - Alabama's Supreme Court Chief Justice was suspended on Friday for ordering state probate judges not to grant marriage licenses to gay couples, despite contrary rulings by...
View ArticleShots fired on University of Missouri campus: university
(Reuters) - Two gunshots were fired on University of Missouri's flagship campus on Friday though no one was injured, the school said. Police were investigating the shooting near a plaza on the campus,...
View ArticleA year after American Pharoah, U.S. horse racing faces uneasy future
By Ben Klayman(Reuters) - A year after American Pharoah became the first horse since 1978 to win the Triple Crown, U.S. thoroughbred racing officials have struggled to build on that excitement or agree...
View ArticlePowerball at $415 million, ninth highest in U.S. history
(Reuters) - The multi-state Powerball jackpot has grown to $415 million ahead of Saturday evening's drawing, making it the ninth-highest U.S. lottery prize in history, officials said.It is the largest...
View ArticleOfficer charged in Washington-area shooting spree that killed three
By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal officer was charged on Saturday with first-degree murder after a two-day shooting rampage outside Washington D.C. that killed his wife and two apparent...
View ArticleObama says U.S. race relations have improved, but work to be done
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said in a commencement speech on Saturday that U.S. race relations have improved over the last three decades, but that significant work...
View ArticleFeds order Washington subway to tighten safety after rail fire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal officials ordered Washington's troubled subway on Saturday to tighten safety standards because of a rail fire, a directive that followed announcement of an extensive...
View ArticleUnbeaten Nyquist wins Kentucky Derby
(Reuters) - Favorite Nyquist ran a perfect race to extend his unbeaten record winning the 142nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Saturday, sparking talk of a second consecutive Triple...
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