Fugitive accused of military gun heist caught in Massachusetts
BOSTON (Reuters) - Police captured on Thursday a Massachusetts man who escaped from a Rhode Island jail where he was awaiting trial on charges of stealing weapons from a U.S. Army Reserve...
View ArticleKentucky moves toward requiring ultrasound before abortion
By Steve BittenbenderLOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - Kentucky's newly sworn-in Republican House majority on Thursday took the first step toward requiring women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound...
View ArticleNew York and New Jersey agree to plan to fund train tunnel, bus terminal
By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey agreed to a $32 billion, 10-year capital plan on Thursday, including funding proposals for a new Hudson River train...
View ArticleNaked woman steals Arizona sheriff's car, caught after high-speed chase
By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - A naked woman who told police she was sexually assaulted stole a sheriff's vehicle on Thursday and led authorities on a long high-speed chase that ended in the...
View ArticleColorado skier dangling by neck rescued by high-wire artist
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - An unconscious man dangling by his neck from a chair lift at a Colorado ski area was rescued by a high-wire artist who shimmied across a cable to cut him loose, the...
View ArticleU.S. arrests Brazilian in fraud probe, seizes $20 million under mattress
By Nate RaymondBOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday announced that about $20 million found under a mattress in a Massachusetts apartment had been seized after a Brazilian man was arrested...
View ArticleU.S. approves first fix for 70,000 polluting VW diesel vehicles
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a fix for about 70,000 polluting Volkswagen diesel vehicles, involving an initial software change...
View ArticleGunman kills five, wounds eight at Ft. Lauderdale airport
By Zachary FagensonFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - A gunman believed to be an Iraq war veteran opened fire at a baggage carousel at Fort Lauderdale's international airport on Friday, killing five...
View ArticlePennsylvania to close two prisons as budget shortfall looms
By David DeKokHARRISBURG (Reuters) - Pennsylvania will close two state prisons by June 30 to help offset a projected $600 million revenue shortfall in this year's budget, state officials said on...
View ArticleObama says Sanders' supporters helped undermine Obamacare
By Roberta RamptonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday that criticism from the left wing of his own Democratic Party helped feed into the unpopularity of Obamacare, his...
View ArticleOklahoma revenues battered by low energy prices in 2016
By Rory Carroll(Reuters) - Gross receipts collected during 2016 by Oklahoma's Treasury shrank 7.4 percent from the prior year as weak oil and natural gas prices weighed on the state's finances,...
View ArticleCalifornia pays for inmate's gender reassignment surgery
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A transgender California prison inmate who was born male but identifies as female underwent gender-reassignment surgery paid for by the state this week in what is...
View ArticleWitness may testify incognito in Robert Durst of 'The Jinx' murder trial
By Laith AghaLOS ANGELES (REUTERS) - A witness fearing retribution in the murder trial of wealthy real estate scion Robert Durst, whose ties to several slayings were chronicled in HBO's documentary...
View ArticleKentucky lawmakers pass 'right-to-work' legislation
By Steve BittenbenderLOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers in Kentucky passed a bill on Saturday making it the 27th U.S. state to allow workers the right to work in union-represented shops...
View ArticleU.S. warns citizens against visiting tourist spot Gambia
DAKAR (Reuters) - The United States warned its citizens against visiting the tourist destination of Gambia on Saturday, and told those there to considering leaving, citing the risk of unrest as...
View ArticleRetiree and volunteer fireman among Florida airport shooting fatalities
By Gina Cherelus(Reuters) - A volunteer firefighter in his sixties and a retiree en route to a cruise ship vacation with her husband were among the five travelers fatally gunned down during Friday's...
View ArticleCharles Manson in California prison, no comment on condition: official
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Convicted mass murderer Charles Manson is at the California prison where he is serving a life sentence, corrections officials said on Saturday, following recent reports that the...
View ArticleEastern United States digs out from big snowstorm, braces for cold
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - The eastern United States began digging out on Saturday from a massive storm that dumped heavy snow from Georgia to Massachusetts, knocking out power for thousands of...
View ArticleLast day for SeaWorld killer whale show in California
By Alex DobuzinskisSeaWorld in San Diego will host its last killer whale performance on Sunday, the culmination of its promise to phase out the decades-old show after criticism of its treatment of the...
View ArticleGorilla, 32, dies at Cleveland zoo after years of heart disease
(Reuters) - One of two male western lowland gorillas at the Cleveland zoo has died, several years after he was diagnosed with heart disease, zoo officials said.Bebac, 32, died on Friday, leaving fellow...
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