College dorms are the new front in U.S. battle over transgender rights
BY SCOTT MALONE As lawmakers across the United States battle over whether to allow transgender Americans to use public restrooms that match their gender identities, universities are scrambling to...
View ArticleMr. Hockey Dies
TOLEDO, OH (WHTC) - "Mr. Hockey" is gone.Officials of the Detroit Red Wings say that legendary forward Gordie Howe died this morning at his son Dr. Murray Howe's home in suburban Toledo at the age of...
View ArticleTrump's corporate targets face tricky task in fending off his attacks
By Nick Carey and Emily Stephenson(Reuters) - As the White House race took off last summer, food giant Mondelez International found itself in an unusual position: Republican candidate Donald Trump...
View ArticleU.S. approves flights to Cuba by six American carriers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has approved flights on six U.S. airlines to Cuban cities other than Havana, linking the former Cold War foes closer together, the U.S. Transportation...
View ArticleFight over U.S. retirement investment advice rule moves to courts
By Lisa Lambert(Reuters) - The fight over a new federal regulation on advice on investing for retirement is moving from Capitol Hill to the U.S. court system, as the number of lawsuits attempting to...
View ArticleOut of the media glare, Malia Obama graduates from high school
By Roberta RamptonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The daughter of U.S. President Barack Obama, Malia Obama, graduated from high school on Friday, achieving a milestone that her parents characteristically strove...
View ArticleConvicted Stanford rapist talked of drug use before college: court records
By Curtis SkinnerSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The former Stanford University swimmer, whose sentence for sexual assault has been widely condemned as too lenient, spoke of drug and alcohol use before...
View Article'The Shield' actor Michael Jace gets 40 years to life for murder of wife
(Reuters) - Actor Michael Jace, best known for playing a policeman on the TV drama "The Shield," was sentenced on Friday to 40 years to life for shooting his wife dead in front of the couple's two...
View ArticleRounds says prescription plan for rural vets unfair
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - An amendment to the Defense Act, from Senator Mike Rounds, would end a provision requiring military retirees who get prescriptions from a retail pharmacy, or mail order,...
View ArticleDallas police shoot man who charged officer at airport
By Lisa Maria GarzaDALLAS (Reuters) - Police shot a man who charged an officer after attacking a woman's car with a rock outside the Love Field airport in Dallas on Friday, prompting a temporary...
View ArticleU.S. appeals court upholds 'quickie' union election rules
By Daniel Wiessner(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday dismissed a bid by construction trade groups to block controversial Obama administration rules designed to speed up union elections, saying...
View ArticleSioux Falls waits for courts to decide gender identity
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) The City of Sioux Falls is putting proposed gender identity amendments on the shelf, to await the outcome of legal challenges by several states against President Obama's...
View ArticleBREAKING: Bond denied for man accused of killing five bicyclists [UPDATE]
UPDATE - 6/10 at 4:34 p.m.: Bond has been denied. A pre-trial conference is set for June 22. Pickett's preliminary hearing is set for June 29.UPDATE - 6/10 at 4:30 p.m.: All nine felony charges have...
View ArticleCongress eyes $1 billion to aid at-risk families
By Duff Wilson and John ShiffmanWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Key members of the U.S. Congress said Friday they had reached a compromise to shift more than $1 billion to try to keep struggling families...
View ArticleHomeless teen charged with murdering University of Texas student
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A homeless teenager suspected of strangling a dance student at the University of Texas in Austin has been charged with capital murder, which can bring a life sentence in...
View ArticleEx-U.S. defense brass form gun control group for veterans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gun control group to prevent suicides among U.S. veterans has been formed by retired U.S. Central Intelligence Agency chief David Petraeus and former astronaut Mark Kelly, it...
View ArticleNew York prisons officers convicted in inmate's beating, cover-up
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former New York correction captain was convicted on Friday of beating an inmate and attempting to cover up the incident at the Rikers Island jail complex and two subordinate...
View ArticleClinton leads Trump by 11 points in White House race: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris Kahn(Reuters) - Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 11 points in the U.S. presidential race, showing little change after she became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee this week,...
View ArticleBody identified as Boston club owner suspected killed by mob 23 years ago
By Laila Kearney(Reuters) - Authorities have identified human remains found behind an abandoned Rhode Island mill as those of a Boston nightclub manager whose disappearance 23 years ago was suspected...
View ArticleU.S. Army reserve major threatened North Carolina mosque: police, media
By Karen Brooks(Reuters) - A North Carolina man faces ethnic intimidation charges after leaving bacon at a mosque and making death threats to its members as they prepared for worship in observance of...
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