Chelsea Clinton announces birth of son, her second child
By Barbara GoldbergNEW YORK (Reuters) - Chelsea Clinton, daughter of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, announced on Saturday the birth of her...
View ArticleSix killed when van crashes and flips on Virginia highway
(Reuters) - Six people were killed in Virginia and 10 others hospitalized when the van in which they were riding hit another car and flipped over several times on a highway on Saturday, police...
View ArticleObama extols U.S. national parks in picture-perfect social media moments
By Roberta RamptonYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (Reuters) - The moon was just rising over Half Dome, the setting sun reflected off its sheer granite face, as President Barack Obama and his family...
View ArticleU.S. advocates see LGBT rights at a watershed after Orlando shooting
By Julia Harte and Jonathan AllenORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - In the days following the slayings of 49 people at a gay nightclub, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community...
View ArticleEx-housekeeper, attorneys accused of trying to extort Waffle House chairman
By David Bailey(Reuters) - An ex-housekeeper for the chairman of Waffle House and two of her attorneys have been indicted in Georgia on charges they conspired to extort the executive during a four-year...
View ArticleAnti-oil protesters arrested for blocking trains in Washington state
(Reuters) - Police arrested 21 protesters on Saturday for blocking BNSF Railway Co. [BNISF.UL] freight trains in Vancouver, Washington, on a line that transports oil and coal in the Northwest,...
View ArticleFamily of U.S. boy killed by alligator 'overwhelmed' by support
(Reuters) - The parents of a 2-year-old boy snatched away and drowned by an alligator in Florida have been "overwhelmed with the support and love" that have poured in since the tragedy captured...
View ArticleTension at funerals for Orlando victims with protest, irate driver
By Bernie Woodall and Roselle ChenORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Funerals for two of the 49 victims killed in the shooting at a nightclub in Florida were marked by tense scenes on Saturday, as an impatient...
View ArticleEx-Vanderbilt football player found guilty in rape trial
By Tim GhianniNASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - A Tennessee jury found a former Vanderbilt University football player guilty on Saturday for the June 2013 rape of an unconscious female student in a case...
View ArticleFormer contestant from Mexico's 'The Voice' dies of gunshot wounds
(Reuters) - A one-time finalist on the Mexican version of the TV singing competition "The Voice" died on Saturday two days after being shot in Chicago.Alejandro Fuentes, 45, was shot on Thursday after...
View ArticleSupreme Court may take action on state assault weapon bans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court may weigh in this week on gun control, an issue smoldering again following the June 12 Orlando massacre, with the justices due to decide whether to hear a...
View ArticleImmigration, abortion, race rulings due at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is heading into its home stretch, with major rulings due by the end of the month on President Barack Obama's unilateral immigration plan, racial...
View ArticleU.S. attorney general: Florida shooting 'act of terror, act of hate'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Sunday that last week's shooting massacre in Orlando, Florida, was "an act of terror and an act of hate", but she declined to divulge...
View ArticleObama immigration win at Supreme Court could benefit Trump
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - If the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming days decides a high-profile immigration case in favor of the Obama administration, the ruling could have an unexpected...
View ArticleRecord heat sparks warnings, boosts fires in western United States
By Ian Simpson(Reuters) - Fire warnings were in place across three western U.S. states on Sunday as record-breaking heat threatened to feed wildfires that have blackened thousands of acres (hectares),...
View ArticleU.S. to release partial transcripts of Florida club gunman's calls
By David LawderWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials will release partial transcripts of three phone conversations that the gunman who killed 49 people in a Florida gay club had with law enforcement...
View ArticleTrump says U.S. should mull more racial profiling after Orlando shooting
By Emily Stephenson(Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States should consider more racial profiling, in response to a question about whether he supported greater law...
View ArticleCalifornia power grid urges energy conservation on Monday due to heat wave
(Reuters) - The California Independent System Operator, or ISO, which operates the state's power grid, issued a Flex Alert for Monday for Southern California from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. PDT because of high...
View ArticleVan driver charged in Virginia crash that killed six
(Reuters) - The driver of a van that veered off a Virginia highway and flipped over multiple times after clipping a second vehicle was charged with six counts of manslaughter, state police said on...
View ArticleOrlando gunman told 911 he was strapping explosive vests to hostages:...
(Reuters) - The gunman who killed 49 people in a Florida nightclub called 911 dispatchers during the rampage to say he planned to put four explosive vests on hostages and that he wanted the U.S....
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