Stay hopeful, ex-North Korea detainee tells two U.S. prisoners there
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - A Korean-American missionary detained for two years in North Korea, where he served time at a labor camp, said on Wednesday two Americans held in the reclusive country...
View ArticleBusinessman in Detroit Public Schools kickback scheme pleads guilty
By Eric M. Johnson(Reuters) - A businessman at the center of a years-long kickback scandal involving more than 12 Detroit Public Schools principals pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal bribery and...
View ArticleHillary husband will stump Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) Bill Clinton is coming to Sioux Falls this month to stump for his wife Hillary.The former President will visit South Dakota's largest city on Friday May 20. Details will be...
View ArticleTexas judge upholds nearly two-year jail term for 'affluenza' teen
By Marice RichterFORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas judge on Wednesday upheld his April order of a nearly two-year jail term for the Texas "affluenza" teenager, who killed four people while driving...
View ArticleTrump draws even with Clinton in national White House poll
WASHINGTON | BY GINGER GIBSON AND AMANDA BECKERRepublican Donald Trump pulled even with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Wednesday, in a dramatic early sign...
View ArticleBaltimore primary results decertified, irregularities cited
(Reuters) - Results of Baltimore's primary election were ordered decertified on Thursday by the Maryland elections board, which cited irregularities in the April 26 vote that may have influenced a...
View ArticleOregon man's conviction for not changing diaper overturned
(Reuters) - An Oregon appeals court has wiped away a father's criminal conviction for not changing his son's diaper for at least 14 hours, overturning a jury's verdict that the man was guilty of...
View ArticleU.S. foreign policy veteran warns Trump would make world less stable
By Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump's foreign policy proposals would make the world a less stable place, former Secretary of State James Baker told a U.S. Senate hearing on Thursday...
View ArticleU.S. Catholics see pope's consideration on women's role as positive step
By Scott MaloneBOSTON (Reuters) - Some prominent U.S. Roman Catholic groups welcomed the news on Thursday that Pope Francis has agreed to consider allowing women to be ordained as deacons, though some...
View ArticleAnalyst: Bernie good bet to win South Dakota
Undated (KELO-AM) Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders stumped across South Dakota on Thursday, hoping to win the June 7 primary to keep the heat on Hillary Clinton.His chances are good...
View ArticleBear bites Appalachian Trail hiker in Tennessee
By Tim GhianniNASHVILLE (Reuters) - A black bear bit through the tent and into the lower leg of a man who was hiking the Appalachian Trail and camped for the night at a national park in Tennessee, park...
View ArticleIllinois lawmakers approve $700 million to pay social services in part
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A bill to send $700 million to cash-starved social services providers breezed through the Illinois Legislature on Thursday, as the state once again turned to stopgap funding...
View ArticleDelaware faults police but no charges in shooting of black man
(Reuters) - The Delaware Department of Justice criticized the conduct of Wilmington police who shot dead a wheelchair-bound black man last year, but decided against filing criminal charges against any...
View ArticleFlorida zookeeper broke safety protocols before attack: report
(Reuters) - A Florida zoo worker who was killed by an endangered male Malayan tiger was not following proper safety protocol in the moments leading up to the attack, according to a federal report...
View ArticleShell shuts wells to Brutus platform after spill off Louisiana
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A 2,100-barrel oil spill in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico forced Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday to shut in all wells that flow to its Brutus platform, federal regulators said.The U.S....
View ArticleSentencing phase opens in 'Grim Sleeper' serial murder trial
By Steve GormanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The former Los Angeles sanitation worker convicted of murdering nine women and a teenage girl in the "Grim Sleeper" killings returned to court on Thursday for the...
View ArticleMaryland's Joint Base Andrews locked down after bomb threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, the military facility in suburban Washington where the presidential aircraft Air Force One is based, was put on lockdown on Thursday after a woman...
View ArticleU.S. Navy fires commander of sailors who were held by Iran
By Phil StewartWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said on Thursday that it had fired the commander of the 10 American sailors who wandered into Iranian territorial waters in the Gulf in January and...
View ArticleU.S. judge holds Bangladesh diplomat, wife in default
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday held a Bangladesh diplomat and his wife in default for willfully ignoring a lawsuit by a former domestic worker who claimed...
View ArticleWorker at Exxon refinery killed by falling pipe- Texas sheriff's office
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A 37-year-old Brownsville, Texas, man was killed after being struck in the head and neck early on Wednesday by a falling 6-foot-long, 6-inch-diameter pipe while working at Exxon...
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