Durst of 'The Jinx' HBO series faces more testimony in murder case
By Phoenix TsoLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An old friend of Robert Durst, a real estate icon tied to slayings explored in HBO's series "The Jinx," acknowledged on the witness stand on Friday in Los Angeles...
View ArticleU.S. judge says arrested Mexican 'DREAM-er' should get bail hearing
By Tom JamesSEATTLE (Reuters) - A federal judge in Seattle on Friday ruled that a Mexican immigrant with a work permit who is being held by immigration officials must be allowed to argue for his...
View ArticleEx-Wall St banker gets 3 years prison for insider trading
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Wall Street investment banker was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday after he was convicted of engaging in insider trading by repeatedly tipping...
View ArticleU.S. probe into El Faro disaster concludes public hearings
By Letitia SteinTAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S. investigators stood in silence for 33 seconds on Friday as they concluded the public phase of a probe into the sinking of the El Faro cargo ship during a...
View ArticleChicago police push for community assistance after deaths of three children
By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - Glen Brooks, a Chicago Police Department area coordinator, stood in front of a sometimes hostile crowd for the third time this week, calling on the community to...
View ArticleAmtrak police officer charged with murder in Chicago shooting
By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - An Amtrak police officer has been charged with murder after fatally shooting an unarmed man who had been spotted smoking marijuana outside Chicago's Union...
View ArticleWisconsin man, Virginia man each get prison for trying to join Islamic State
(Reuters) - A Wisconsin man and a Virginia man were sentenced separately to federal prison on Friday for attempting to travel abroad to join Islamic State, the U.S. Justice Department said.Joshua Van...
View ArticleNine people flee U.S. border patrol to seek asylum in Canada
By Christinne MuschiCHAMPLAIN, N.Y. (Reuters) - Nine asylum-seekers, including four children, barely made it across the Canadian border on Friday as a U.S. border patrol officer tried to stop them and...
View ArticleT-shirt designer hopes to cash in on North Korean assassination
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S.-based designer said he hoped to cash in on the assassination of the North Korean leader's half-brother by selling T-shirts emblazoned with "LOL" in the style worn by...
View ArticleFire hits California refinery; local gasoline prices could rise
By Erwin Seba(Reuters) - An explosion and fire at an oil refinery in Torrance, California, on Saturday forced the partial shutdown of the plant, leading oil traders to expect a spike this week in West...
View ArticleTrump sons open Dubai golf course, praise U.S. ally
DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's eldest sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump were guests of honor at the opening of a Trump-branded golf course in Dubai on Saturday, the first Trump...
View ArticleNorma McCorvey, plaintiff in Roe v. Wade abortion ruling, dies at 69
(Reuters) - Norma McCorvey, the anonymous plaintiff known as "Jane Roe" in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion, died on Saturday at the age of 69, a journalist...
View ArticleTexas lawmaker wants to end emoji mix-ups with Chilean flag
By Jon HerskovitzAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A state lawmaker filed a resolution this week urging people to think before they text and stop using an emoji of the Chilean flag, which resembles the Lone...
View ArticleFlorida middle schooler threw block at Trump motorcade, sheriff says
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - A Florida middle school student may face criminal charges after confessing to throwing a wooden block at a vehicle in U.S. President Donald Trump's motorcade as it drove through...
View ArticleTraffic jams cost U.S. drivers $1,200 a year: study
By Joseph WhiteDETROIT (Reuters) - Traffic jams cost U.S. drivers an average of $1,200 a year in wasted fuel and time, and much more in Los Angeles, the city with the world's biggest rush hour traffic...
View ArticleDalton trial yet to be scheduled, hearing next month
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) -- Monday marks the one-year anniversary of a shooting spree across Kalamazoo that left six dead. A trial date for the alleged gunman, Jason Dalton, has yet to be set.The Uber...
View ArticleAnti-Trump rallies crop up again on 'Not My President's Day'
By Chris Francescani and Robert ChiaritoNEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Renewed protests against U.S. President Donald Trump flared on the Presidents Day holiday on Monday, with grassroots activists...
View ArticleCalifornia police officer fatally shot while investigating car accident
(Reuters) - A California police officer responding to a traffic accident in the Los Angeles area was fatally shot on Monday by a gang member who was involved in the collision, a law enforcement...
View ArticleCheese Recall Due To Possible Contamination Expanded
Undated (WIBQ) - Deutsch Kase Haus, LLC of Middlebury, Indiana, supplied MDS Foods with cheeses that have been found to be contaminated with the pathogenic organism Listeria Monocytogenes which can...
View ArticleRefugee claimants from U.S. strain Canada's border resources
By Allison LampertHEMMINGFORD, Quebec (Reuters) - Canadian police said on Monday they had bolstered their presence at the Quebec border and that border authorities had created a temporary refugee...
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