One dead, 15 hurt in tourist bus crash near Washington, D.C
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A head-on collision between a shuttle bus carrying Chinese tourists and a passenger car killed a bus passenger and injured 15 people outside Washington, D.C., police said on...
View ArticleSenators, Trump open to ban on some gun sales after Orlando
By Richard Cowan and Susan CornwellWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators signaled on Wednesday a new willingness to consider certain restrictions on the sale of guns after the Orlando nightclub...
View ArticleKosovar man pleads guilty in U.S. to helping Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Kosovar citizen accused of hacking the personal data of more than 1,000 U.S. military personnel and officials pleaded guilty in a Virginia federal court on Wednesday to...
View ArticlePacing feet, rants, executions: inside the Orlando killer's rampage
By Peter Eisler, Yara Bayoumy and Letitia SteinORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Patience Carter had been on the floor of the bathroom stall for hours, her right femur shattered by a bullet, pinned beneath...
View ArticleSales to people on terrorism watch lists should be delayed: NRA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Rifle Association said on Wednesday it stood by its position on terrorism watch lists and access to firearms, saying sales to potential buyers who are on the lists...
View ArticleTrump backs surveillance of mosques despite criticism of rhetoric
By Emily Stephenson and Amanda Becker(Reuters) - Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday called for surveillance of mosques as part of U.S. law enforcement efforts to...
View ArticleBaltimore school police chief quits, tarred by officer's slapping of student
(Reuters) - The police chief of Baltimore's public schools has resigned, months after an officer repeatedly slapped a student outside a high school, local media reported on Wednesday.Marshall Goodwin,...
View ArticleSig Sauer, maker of Orlando gunman's weapon, is expanding rapidly in U.S.
By Tim McLaughlinBOSTON (Reuters) - Sig Sauer Inc, maker of the semi-automatic rifle believed to have been used in the Orlando shooting rampage, has been growing rapidly in the United States, with...
View ArticleMichelle Obama, daughters to visit Liberia, Morocco, Spain: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michelle Obama will travel to Liberia, Morocco and Spain with her teen daughters Malia and Sasha at the end of June to promote education for girls, one of her signature issues as...
View ArticleFBI offers reward for California serial killer in cold case
By Alex DobuzinskisLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday offered a $50,000 reward for help in apprehending a serial killer suspected of 12 slayings and 45 rapes in...
View ArticleGay American Muslims struggle with identity after Orlando massacre
By Gina CherelusNEW YORK (Reuters) - Qais Munhazim woke up on Sunday to reports that an Afghan-American gunman had rampaged through a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in an attack apparently...
View ArticleAmericas' top rights group faces financial crisis, warns of cuts
By Anastasia MoloneyBOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The leading human rights organization in the Americas said on Wednesday it will cut staff and operations drastically unless it gets added...
View ArticleA year later, Charleston families still reeling from church shooting
By Harriet McLeodCHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Many were surprised when Nadine Collier stood in a South Carolina courtroom a year ago and said she forgave the young white man who had just killed her...
View ArticleNo bail for Turkish gold trader Zarrab in U.S. sanctions case
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge denied bail on Thursday to a wealthy Turkish gold trader on charges he conspired to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran, rejecting the defendant's...
View ArticleCoroner said death of Baltimore detainee Freddie Gray an accident: witness
By Donna OwensBALTIMORE (Reuters) - A Maryland medical examiner twice told investigators that the death of black detainee Freddie Gray from a broken neck in a police van was an accident, a Baltimore...
View ArticleTexas loses again in effort to stop Syrian refugee resettlement
By Jon HerskovitzAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday dealt another blow to Texas' bid to halt the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the state, saying it did not have the authority to...
View ArticleVenezuelan pleads guilty in U.S. over PDVSA bribery scheme
By Nate Raymond(Reuters) - A Venezuelan businessman pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges stemming from what the U.S. Justice Department called a large, ongoing investigation into bribery at...
View ArticleJudge dismisses New York City jail officers' dog sniff lawsuit
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by New York City's correction officers union to end a city policy allowing guards to be strip-searched and...
View ArticleTrump in Washington for deposition in lawsuit against celebrity chef
By Meg GarnerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump spent about two hours at a Washington law firm on Thursday for a deposition in his lawsuit against celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian, who...
View ArticleHealth agency reports U.S. babies with Zika-related birth defects
By Bill Berkrot(Reuters) - Three babies have been born in the United States with birth defects linked to likely Zika virus infections in the mothers during pregnancy, along with three cases of lost...
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