Illinois man charged with making bombs to attack U.S. government
By Julia HarteWASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Illinois man has been charged for making at least two pipe bombs to use against the U.S. government, court records released on Friday showed.Michael Suopys, 28,...
View ArticleTrump's San Diego rally draws more than 1,000 chanting protesters
By Emily Stephenson and Marty GrahamSAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Donald Trump brought his message of walls and deportations to the doorstep of America’s busiest border crossing on Friday as the presumptive...
View ArticlePutin says Romania, Poland may now be in Russia's cross-hairs
By Denis DyomkinATHENS (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned Romania and Poland they could find themselves in the sights of Russian rockets because they are hosting elements of...
View ArticleAt least two killed, others missing in Texas flooding
By Marcus E. Howard(Reuters) - At least two people person were killed and three others missing on Friday as record rainfall and severe flooding hit hard parts of southeast Texas, officials said.A...
View ArticleIllinois lawmakers focus on funding fix for Chicago schools
By Dave McKinneySPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Reuters) - A funding fix for the fiscally challenged Chicago Public Schools is taking center stage in the final days of the Illinois legislature's spring session,...
View ArticleU.S. deportation raids target Central American families: lawyers
By Julia EdwardsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. immigration officials have kicked off a new round of raids intended to deport hundreds of Central American mothers and children who have entered the country...
View ArticleThree current and former Navy officers charged in bribery case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three current and former U.S. Navy officers have been charged with participating in an alleged bribery and fraud scheme involving a Singapore-based defense contractor, the U.S....
View ArticleFirst 2016 U.S. tropical storm warning issued for South Carolina
By Steve Gorman(Reuters) - The year's first tropical storm warning in the United States was issued on Friday by the National Weather Service for the coast of South Carolina, five days before the...
View ArticleVintage plane crashes in New York's Hudson River, body recovered
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A World War Two-era plane crashed on Friday in New York City's Hudson River off Manhattan and a body was recovered from inside the aircraft, authorities said. The aircraft went...
View ArticleU.S. 'concerned' about Libyan-Americans on trial in UAE: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Friday it was "concerned" about the case of two Libyan-American businessmen charged by the United Arab Emirates with supporting Libyan militants...
View ArticleSlaying of Colorado prison chief ordered by neo-Nazi gang - report
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - The murder of Colorado's prison chief by a white supremacist ex-convict in 2013 was ordered by leaders of a neo-Nazi gang, the Denver Post reported on Friday, citing...
View ArticlePortland schools failed protocols over high lead levels in water
By Brendan O'Brien(Reuters) - Portland Public Schools failed to follow federal protocols and did not notify parents after high levels of lead were detected at two of its schools two months ago, the...
View ArticleOnce dismissed, shark attacks may hit new record in 2016
By Barbara GoldbergNEW YORK (Reuters) - As the summer beach season opens in the United States, at least one expert is predicting an increase in shark attacks around the world this year that will...
View ArticleFlorida man arrested for fatal shooting of woman in front of children
By Marcus E. Howard(Reuters) - A Florida man accused of fatally shooting a mother in front of her children and later wounding his former boss, was arrested by a SWAT team after a seven-hour standoff...
View ArticleU.S. agents arrest suspect in 2007 North Carolina Walmart bombing
By Marcus E. Howard(Reuters) - A man suspected of planting a pipe bomb that exploded near propane tanks inside a Walmart store in rural North Carolina in 2007 has been arrested nine years after the...
View ArticleNBA player Bryce Dejean-Jones killed in Dallas shooting
(Reuters) - Rookie New Orleans Pelicans basketball player Bryce Dejean-Jones died after being shot early on Saturday when he broke into a Dallas apartment, authorities said.Dejean-Jones, a 23-year-old...
View ArticleLooters hit civil war battle site in Virginia, officials say
By Frank McGurty(Reuters) - Looters ripped up parts of Virginia's Petersburg National Battlefield in an apparent search for relics from a siege that led to the end of the American Civil War in 1865,...
View ArticleCincinnati gorilla killed after boy falls into zoo enclosure
(Reuters) - A male gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo was killed by keepers on Saturday after he dragged around a 4-year-old boy who fell into the enclosure, a zoo official said.The boy crawled through a...
View ArticleGeorgia sheriff's deputy shot and wounded during traffic stop
(Reuters) - A sheriff's deputy was shot and wounded in the face on Saturday during a traffic stop in Georgia, authorities said.The Harris County officer, Jamie White, was shot above the eye during a...
View ArticleU.S.-led coalition troops seen near front line in new Iraq offensive
By Isabel ColesHASSAN SHAMI, Iraq (Reuters) - Servicemen from the U.S.-led coalition were seen near the front line of a new offensive in northern Iraq launched on Sunday by Kurdish peshmerga forces...
View Article