Chicago police watchdog releases hundreds of tapes of past incidents
By Justin Madden and Fiona OrtizCHICAGO (Reuters) - A graphic 2012 video of Chicago police shooting dead an unarmed black man who charged toward them was among hundreds of audio and video recordings...
View ArticleKerry: video cut 'clumsy and stupid and inappropriate'
By Yeganeh Torbati and Arshad MohammedPARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was stupid, clumsy and inappropriate for someone to edit the video of a State Department briefing in 2013, U.S. Secretary of State...
View ArticleU.S. Army Special Forces troops airlifted from Colorado peak
(Reuters) - U.S. Army Special Forces troops were airlifted on Friday from a mountain peak inside Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park after two members of the team suffered altitude sickness during...
View ArticleAtlantic City's Showboat hotel to reopen without casino: developer
By Hilary Russ(Reuters) - Real estate developer Bart Blatstein said on Friday he will reopen the Showboat, one of Atlantic City's four shuttered casino hotels, in July, but without the...
View ArticleClinton opens up double-digit lead over Trump nationwide: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris KahnNEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, regaining ground after the New York billionaire...
View ArticleThree Minnesota men convicted of conspiring to join Islamic State
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Three Minnesota men were convicted on Friday of conspiring to commit murder in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State militant group, the U.S. Justice Department said.Jurors...
View ArticleObama commutes prison terms of 42 non-violent drug offenders
By Timothy GardnerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama commuted the prison terms of 42 non-violent drug offenders, nearly half of whom were serving life sentences, in his latest batch of...
View ArticleU.S. women's team does not have right to strike: judge
(Reuters) - The United States women's soccer team does not have the right to strike for better conditions and wages in 2016, a U.S. district court judge ruled in Chicago on Friday.Judge Sharon Johnson...
View ArticleOregon derailment likely to reignite rail-by-oil safety concerns
By Eric M. Johnson(Reuters) - A Union Pacific train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire along Oregon's scenic Columbia River gorge on Friday, forcing the closure of an interstate highway and...
View ArticleGuantanamo ex-commander rejects charges about torment by U.S. guards
By Lacey Ann JohnsonFORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) - Accusations that Guantanamo Bay guards tormented a suspected Sept. 11 plotter are not credible, a former prison commander testified during a pre-trial...
View ArticleEx-drug executive Shkreli hid control of shares, U.S. says
By David IngramNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors tacked on an additional criminal charge to their case against former drug executive Martin Shkreli on Friday, alleging that he tried to conceal from...
View ArticleU.S. Navy identifies Blue Angel pilot who died in crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pilot from the Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron who died in a crash has been identified as Marine Captain Jeff Kuss of Durango, Colorado, the Pentagon said on...
View ArticleTrial exposes tension over U.S. counter-extremism approach
By Julia Harte, Julia Edwards and David BaileyMINNEAPOLIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the spring of 2014, as Islamic State seized ground in Syria, a group of 10 young Somali-American men in Minneapolis...
View ArticleUK man gets 15 years in U.S. prison for smuggling North Korean drugs
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A British citizen who worked for a Philippines-based global criminal organization was sentenced on Friday to over 15 years in a U.S. prison for conspiring to import...
View Article'Glee' star Mark Salling pleads not guilty to child porn charges
(Reuters) - Actor Mark Salling, who had a supporting role as a high school athlete-turned-singer in the TV series "Glee," pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of receiving and possessing child...
View ArticleMuhammad Ali, boxing great and cultural symbol, dies at 74
By Ricardo ArduengoSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Reuters) - Muhammad Ali, the former world heavyweight boxing champion whose record-setting career, flair for showmanship and political stands made him one of the...
View ArticleKey player in Silk Road successor site gets eight years in U.S. prison
By Nate Raymond(Reuters) - A Washington state man was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison for his role in helping the management of the successor website to Silk Road, an online black market...
View ArticleCarter says nine soldiers now known to have died in Fort Hood incident
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Nine U.S. soldiers are now known to have died when a troop carrier overturned this week during a training exercise at the U.S. Army base of Food Hood in Texas, U.S. Secretary of...
View Article"The Greatest" Is Gone: Muhammad Ali, Dead At 74
UNDATED (Reuters) -- Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, whose record-setting boxing career, an unprecedented flair for showmanship, and controversial stands made him one of the best-known...
View ArticleMuhammad Ali: 'Greatest' boxer, showman, ambassador
By Bill Trott(Reuters) - More than 60 years ago, a bicycle thief in Louisville, Kentucky, unknowingly set in motion one of the most amazing sports careers in history.An angry 12-year-old Cassius Clay...
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