U.S. conservatives cancel invitation for firebrand commentator
By Daniel TrottaNEW YORK (Reuters) - A leading U.S. conservative conference rescinded its invitation to provocative commentator Milo Yiannopoulos and a publisher canceled his book deal on Monday after...
View ArticleJewish centers report bomb threats across United States
By Brendan O'BrienMILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Several Jewish community centers (JCC) across the United States were evacuated for a time on Monday after receiving bomb threats, the latest wave of threatened...
View ArticlePassengers walk through JFK checkpoint without being screened: NBC
(Reuters) - Eleven passengers walked through a security checkpoint without being screened before apparently boarding planes at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Monday, national...
View ArticleU.S. top court spurns Alabama death row inmate; Sotomayor outraged
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear a death row inmate's challenge to Alabama's execution method, prompting liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor to...
View ArticleWashington memorials defaced by graffiti over holiday weekend
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three of Washington's best-known monuments were defaced with graffiti over the Presidents Day weekend, the third major vandalism of memorials in the U.S. capital since 2013, a...
View ArticleU.S. Powerball lottery jackpot snowballs past $400 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The expected jackpot in the U.S. lottery Powerball has surpassed $400 million for one of the few times in its history ahead of the next drawing on Wednesday night.The prize money...
View ArticleConservative U.S. justices skeptical in cross-border shooting case
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday expressed skepticism about reviving a lawsuit filed by the family of a Mexican teenager against a U.S....
View ArticleHomeland Security employees locked out of computer networks: sources
By Dustin VolzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees in the Washington area were unable to access some agency computer networks on Tuesday, according to three sources...
View ArticleArkansas to resume executions after Supreme Court clears way: attorney general
By Steve BarnesLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - Arkansas, which has not put an inmate to death in more than a decade, plans to schedule executions after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Tuesday...
View ArticleNorth Carolina governor, attorney general seek to end voting law case
By Colleen JenkinsWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - North Carolina's Democratic governor and attorney general on Tuesday withdrew a request for a U.S. Supreme Court review of a state voting law struck...
View ArticleAmericans eat out less as higher menu prices take a bite from restaurant...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A third of U.S. adults are eating out less frequently than three months ago, mostly because of cost, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos survey that illustrates the challenge for...
View ArticleNo evidence of shooter at Houston hospital: police
By Ruthy MunozHOUSTON (Reuters) - Police swarmed a Houston hospital on Tuesday after reports of a shooting but found no evidence any weapon had been fired and said no one was injured in the...
View ArticleWhite House signals reversal in transgender bathroom policy
By Daniel Trotta(Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday signaled it was preparing to reverse a U.S. policy on transgender rights, raising concern among rights advocates that Republican President Donald...
View ArticleFirebrand Milo quits Breitbart News after child sex remarks
By Laila KearneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - Provocative far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos resigned on Tuesday as a senior editor of the Breitbart News website after he was vilified and lost a book deal...
View ArticleElevator scion who defaced Trump's Hollywood star gets probation
By Steve GormanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The elevator company scion who defaced Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during the presidential campaign last autumn pleaded no contest on...
View ArticleDenver defends release of illegal immigrant later charged in murder
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - The Denver Sheriff's Department on Tuesday defended its release of an illegal immigrant after he posted bond on theft charges only to be arrested for murder weeks...
View ArticleConstruction for Hudson Tunnel to last seven years in Manhattan
By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - Construction activities in New York City will last for seven years as Amtrak builds its multibillion-dollar train tunnel underneath the Hudson River, an official said...
View ArticleFlooding forces hundreds from homes in San Jose, California
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - Murky, waist-high floodwaters swamped neighborhoods along a rain-swollen creek in the northern California city of San Jose on Tuesday, prompting authorities to issue...
View ArticlePipeline fights move from Dakota prairie to Louisiana bayous
By Liz HamptonHENDERSON, Louisiana (Reuters) - When Hope Rosinski's father gave her a six-acre plot in Louisiana more than a decade ago, she was surprised to find oil and gas pipelines crisscrossing...
View ArticleU.S. appeals court upholds Maryland's ban on assault rifles
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Maryland's ban on assault rifles, ruling gun owners are not protected under the U.S. Constitution to possess "weapons of war," court documents...
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