Wildfires in California, New Mexico trigger hundreds of evacuations
By Alex DobuzinskisLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of people have evacuated to escape a wildfire in coastal Southern California and a larger blaze in rural New Mexico as hot weather feeds the flames,...
View ArticleFamily of U.S. student killed in Paris attacks sues social media companies
By Ben Klayman(Reuters) - The family of a California design student killed in November's attacks in Paris sued Twitter Inc, Google and Facebook Inc, claiming the social media companies provide...
View ArticlePhiladelphia passes soda tax after mayor rewrites playbook
By Luc CohenNEW YORK (Reuters) - Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney scored a victory that had eluded more than 40 U.S. public officials who took on the powerful U.S. soda industry when the city council...
View ArticleWoman mauled to death by dogs at Texas home -Sheriff's Office
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A woman who entered the yard of an Austin-area home was mauled to death by several dogs on the property, the Travis County Sheriff's Office said on Thursday.The body of Erin...
View ArticleWhite House sees surge in Syrian refugee admissions this year
By Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration believes it will be able to process many more Syrian refugees in the last half of fiscal 2016 than in the first six months, allowing...
View ArticleMissouri man gets probation for threatening to shoot blacks at university
By Justin Madden(Reuters) - A Missouri man was sentenced to probation for threatening African Americans on social media including a pledge to "shoot every black person I see" after the University of...
View ArticleFirst gender identity, now gender equity
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) The Obama Administration has sent a 'gender equity' directive to technical schools nationwide to try to beef up the number of women plumbers, electricians and similar...
View ArticleCalifornia death row inmate, convicted of murder, found dead
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California inmate on death row convicted of shooting to death a high school vice principal at his home during a robbery died of unknown causes on Thursday, prison officials...
View ArticleStop oil by rail in our state, Oregon asks federal regulator
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oregon has asked federal regulators to stop trains carrying oil traveling through the state, according to a letter seen by Reuters, just weeks after a train derailed in the state,...
View ArticleTexas man sentenced to 45 years for sexually assaulting children
By Marice RichterFORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - A Fort Worth man was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Thursday for sexually assaulting two of his children and forcing them to watch him have sex, court...
View ArticleNewtown families see hope for gun control after Orlando
By Joseph Ax(Reuters) - Since his 7-year-old son, Daniel, was gunned down in his elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, 3-1/2 years ago, Mark Barden has been an outspoken advocate for gun...
View ArticleArkansas captures convicted murderer who escaped prison detail
By Steve BarnesLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - A convicted murderer who escaped three days ago from an Arkansas prison work detail was captured on Thursday, corrections officials said.Lloyd Jones, who is...
View ArticleConnecticut man sentenced to six months for shooting at mosque
(Reuters) - A Connecticut man who pleaded guilty to shooting at an empty mosque near his home in an alcohol-fueled rage following the November attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead was sentenced...
View ArticleConnecticut ex-Governor Rowland's conviction upheld on appeal
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld former Connecticut Governor John Rowland's conviction on charges that he tried to use sham contracts to hide his political...
View ArticleMemorial service marks a year after Charleston, S.C., church massacre
By Harriet McLeodCHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - The city of Charleston came together on Friday for a memorial and other events to mark the first anniversary of the murders of nine members of a Bible...
View ArticleFeds Swoop Down On Wisconsin
CHICAGO, IL (WTAQ) - You may not have known it, but the feds have been in the area, looking for criminal aliens and other immigration violators.The month long campaign brought ICE agents to 6 midwest...
View ArticleDefense rests in Baltimore officer's murder trial in Freddie Gray case
By Ian Simpson(Reuters) - Defense lawyers rested their case on Friday in the trial of a Baltimore police officer charged with murder in the death of black detainee Freddie Gray last year, a court...
View ArticleBloomberg looks West after bankrolling Philadelphia soda tax win
By Luc CohenNEW YORK (Reuters) - After successfully funding a campaign to pass a soda tax in Philadelphia, billionaire Michael Bloomberg is preparing to fund similar efforts in several other cities,...
View ArticleChicago man shot dead while live streaming on Facebook
By Justin MaddenCHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago man was shot and killed while live streaming a video on Facebook, police said on Friday, just days after a double-homicide in France in which the killer...
View ArticleNew Vikings stadium ready for football
UNDATED (KELO-AM) The Minnesota Vikings and the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority on Friday were symbolically handed the keys to their new football stadium.The $1.1 billion dollar U.S. Bank Stadium...
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