TV newswoman plunges 125 feet to death at North Carolina waterfall
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - A television news anchor from Georgia fell 125 feet to her death in North Carolina after being swept over a waterfall, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service said on...
View ArticleNew York banana importer gets more prison time for embezzlement
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Long Island banana importer serving prison terms for engaging in a cocaine distribution scheme and beating his girlfriend was sentenced on Monday to another 5-1/2...
View ArticleMichael Jordan speaks against both police killings, targeting of police
By Fiona OrtizCHICAGO (Reuters) - Basketball legend Michael Jordan spoke out on police violence on Monday and announced two $1 million grants, to civil rights group NAACP's Legal Defense Fund and to a...
View ArticleFlorida man admits helping funnel 2012 foreign political contribution
By Nate Raymond(Reuters) - A Florida man pleaded guilty on Monday to working with another man to illegally funnel $80,000 in foreign contributions to U.S. President Barack Obama's joint fundraising...
View ArticleBaby Monitors Being Recalled
If you have a Lorex Care ‘N’ Share baby monitor, it may have been recalled. According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, Lorex has recalled its video baby monitors. They say the batteries...
View ArticleDemocratic National Committee apologizes to Sanders over emails
(Reuters) - The Democratic National Committee apologized to Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday after leaked emails suggested the party's leadership had worked to sabotage Sanders' presidential...
View ArticleKnife attacker in Japan kills 19 in their sleep at disabled center
By Elaine Lies and Kwiyeon HaSAGAMIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - A knife-wielding man broke into a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo early on Tuesday and killed 19 patients as they slept,...
View ArticleU.N. body overturns rejection, accredits press freedom watchdog
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) was granted consultative status at the United Nations on Monday after the U.N. Economic and Social Council...
View ArticleOne of New York City's busiest subway lines to shut for 18 months
By Gina CherelusNEW YORK (Reuters) - One of New York City's busiest subway lines will cease running between Manhattan and Brooklyn for 18 months starting in 2019, transit officials said on Monday,...
View ArticleTexas cemetery agrees to halt decades-long segregation
By Jim ForsythSAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas cemetery has agreed to end its segregationist policy of only burying white people after it was sued for discrimination by a woman who claimed the operators...
View ArticleBehind Democrats' email leak, U.S. experts see a Russian subplot
By Mark Hosenball and Arshad MohammedWASHINGTON (Reuters) - If the Russian government is behind the theft and release of embarrassing emails from the Democratic Party, as U.S. officials have suggested,...
View ArticleMan shot by Chicago police officers wants cops fired
By Justin MaddenCHICAGO (Reuters) - A man who was shot by Chicago police last year said on Monday he wants the officers fired from the department, days after the city's law enforcement watchdog issued...
View ArticleSanders backers revolt on raucous opening day at Democratic convention
PHILADELPHIA | BY JOHN WHITESIDES AND LUCIANA LOPEZSupporters of Bernie Sanders disrupted the first day of the Democratic convention on Monday, repeatedly chanting and booing mentions of Hillary...
View ArticleWashington State football players investigated for assault: reports
SEATTLE (Reuters) - At least six Washington State University football players were being investigated for assault after a fight at a weekend party left two students hospitalized, the Spokesman-Review...
View ArticleU.S. report says Tesla in fatal Autopilot crash was speeding
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A driver killed in the May 7 crash of a Tesla Motors Inc car while using Autopilot driving-assist software was exceeding the speed limit, U.S. highway safety...
View ArticleLebanese man charged in Brooklyn over U.S. currency counterfeiting plot
(Reuters) - A Lebanese man has been charged in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, with a leadership role in a scheme to distribute counterfeit U.S. currency, the Justice Department said on...
View ArticleCredit card records lead cops to New York bank burglars
By Gina CherelusNEW YORK (Reuters) - Three suspected burglars who stole millions of dollars from two New York banks were caught after using a personal credit card to buy the tools of their trade,...
View ArticleTransgender student asks U.S. high court to keep out of bathroom case
By David Ingram(Reuters) - Lawyers for a transgender high school student in Virginia asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to keep out of a legal dispute about bathroom rights, an issue that has...
View ArticleSix months prison for man linked to gun Boston bombers used to kill cop
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts man on Tuesday was sentenced to six months in federal prison for having possessed a handgun with its serial number filed off that the Boston Marathon bombers used to...
View ArticleU.S. opens door to a change in blood donation policy for gay men
By Toni Clarke(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened the door on Tuesday to a change in its blood donor deferral recommendations, which currently prohibit donations from gay men for a...
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