First of 37 defendants in Baruch College fatal hazing case pleads guilty
By David DeKokHARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - The first of 37 defendants in a 2013 fraternity hazing death of a Baruch College student in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains to go on trial pleaded guilty...
View ArticleCalifornia rainfall ebbs but flooding continues
By Alex DobuzinskisLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The rainfall that has pummeled the U.S. West this week lightened on Wednesday but that did not keep swollen rivers from overflowing their banks in California,...
View ArticleTexas set to execute man convicted of killing two over $20 drug deal
By Jon HerskovitzAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The first U.S. execution of 2017 is set to be held on Wednesday with Texas scheduled to execute a man convicted of killing two people in a revenge plot after...
View ArticleIn fight between casino moguls, a spotlight on the FBI
By Nathan Layne(Reuters) - In April 2015, a sworn statement submitted in a Nevada lawsuit between rival casino moguls Steve Wynn and Japan's Kazuo Okada contained an unusual assertion. Its author said...
View ArticleTrump taps well of protest with calls for more drilling in national parks
By Annie Knox and Kim Palmer(Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump aims to open up federal lands to more energy development, tapping into a long-running and contentious debate over how best to manage...
View ArticleHoliday Twinkie Recall
Hostess has recalled some of its Twinkies due to potential contamination with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections.The Kansas City, Missouri-based company...
View ArticleU.S. Border Patrol recruits: wild horses, tamed by prisoners
By Heather Somerville and Mike BlakeFLORENCE, Arizona (Reuters) - Long before the desert sun has had a chance to heat the dusty prison yard, some 20 inmates at an Arizona state prison begin quietly...
View ArticleTextron recalls 1,100 off-road utility vehicles to fix seat belts
(Reuters) - Textron Inc is voluntarily recalling about 1,100 Bad Boy off-road utility vehicles to install seat belts to prevent occupants being injured or killed in an accident, the U.S. Consumer...
View ArticleEnbridge may face tough legal battle to keep 60-year-old pipeline running
By Nia WilliamsCALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc may be set for a bruising legal battle in Wisconsin after a Native American tribe voted against renewing land use agreements on a major crude...
View ArticleFury, forgiveness at condemned South Carolina church gunman's sentencing
By Harriet McLeodCHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - White supremacist Dylann Roof, condemned to death for a mass shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church, heard forgiveness and fury at his sentencing...
View ArticleRhode Island lawmakers push to legalize marijuana, following Massachusetts
(Reuters) - A pair of lawmakers want to make Rhode Island the ninth U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana and the first to do so through the legislature rather than with a ballot initiative,...
View ArticleNew York Mets forgery defendant gets four years prison
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A New Jersey man who pleaded guilty to forging signatures of New York Mets baseball officials, including Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Wilpon, in an office...
View ArticleBaltimore, U.S. Justice Department reach accord on police reform
By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and Baltimore officials have reached a deal for sweeping reforms to the majority-black city's police department after a federal review...
View ArticleNew York Governor Cuomo's helicopter makes emergency landing
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing on Wednesday afternoon after Cuomo made a "State of the State" speech in Albany, the state...
View ArticleMassachusetts judge requires Exxon to hand over climate documents
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts judge has refused to excuse Exxon Mobil Corp from a request by the state's attorney general to hand over decades worth of documents on its views on climate change,...
View ArticleFlorida suspect wore body armor in fatal police shooting
(Reuters) - A Florida man was wearing body armor when he fatally shot a policewoman earlier this week, underscoring the danger he poses as a fugitive still evading capture four days into an extensive...
View ArticleRains, snow to ease in U.S. West as waterways begin to recede
(Reuters) - Heavy rain and snow will begin to ease on Thursday in the U.S. West, where swollen rivers are expected to recede, forecasters said, after flooding that has forced thousands to evacuate in...
View ArticleU.S. weather forecaster sees La Niña fading by February
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said current La Niña conditions are likely to dissipate by February and neutral conditions are likely to continue during the first...
View ArticleFive children dead, one missing after Baltimore house fire
By Gina Cherelus(Reuters) - At least five children were killed and one was missing on Thursday after a fire tore through a three-story house in Baltimore, city fire department officials said.The mother...
View ArticleFord expands Takata air bag recall, now affects three million vehicles
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it will recall about 816,000 vehicles as it widened previous actions affecting models with Takata Corp <7312.T> air bags.The move brings the...
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