Powerball jackpot grows to $422 million, eighth largest ever
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. Powerball jackpot grew to $422 million ahead of an 11 p.m. EDT drawing on Wednesday, making it the eighth largest in the game's history and the 11th-biggest lottery...
View ArticleEx-Virginia Tech students indicted in death of 13-year-old girl
(Reuters) - A grand jury indicted two former Virginia Tech students on Tuesday for first-degree murder in the death of a 13-year-old girl, a prosecutor said.The suspects, David Eisenhauer, 18, of...
View ArticleTrump edges ahead of Clinton in U.S. presidential race: Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris KahnNEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump posted a two-point lead over his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on...
View ArticleAtheist group sues Kansas City, Missouri, over Baptist convention
(Reuters) - An atheist group has sued Kansas City, Missouri, charging that plans to use $65,000 in tourism tax dollars to assist in an upcoming Baptist convention violates guarantees in the U.S....
View ArticleKansas budget pressures trigger S&P rating downgrade
(Reuters) - Ongoing budget woes in Kansas led Standard & Poor's on Tuesday to downgrade the state's credit rating by one notch to AA-minus with a stable outlook.The rating agency, which put Kansas...
View ArticleCharleston church shooter was headed to Tennessee when captured: documents
(Reuters) - The white man accused of killing nine black parishioners in a racist attack at a South Carolina church last year was heading to Tennessee when he was arrested, according to court records...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Makes History
Democrats made Hillary Clinton the first female presidential nominee of a major party in the nation's history on Tuesday, shattering one of the last remaining glass ceilings in American politics. The...
View ArticleClinton makes history with Democratic nomination for president
PHILADELPHIA | BY LUCIANA LOPEZ AND AMY TENNERYHillary Clinton secured the Democratic Party's U.S. presidential nomination on Tuesday, coming back from a stinging 2008 defeat in her first White House...
View ArticleDozens of protesters arrested outside Minnesota governor's mansion
(Reuters) - Dozens of people were arrested on Tuesday outside the Minnesota governor's mansion amid a weeks-long protest over the police killing of a black motorist earlier this month.At least 46...
View ArticleArizona mother, two kids found dead in apparent murder-suicide
By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona woman found dead inside her Phoenix-area home with the bodies of her 17-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter is believed to have shot her two children...
View ArticleGulf waterway traffic restrictions lifted: U.S. Coast Guard
(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday it lifted traffic restrictions on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Galveston, Texas after temporarily halting movement on a section of the waterway...
View ArticleClimate change risk threatens 18 U.S. military sites: study
By Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rising sea levels due to hurricanes and tidal flooding intensified by climate change will put military bases along the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast at risk,...
View ArticleU.S. court rules Beijing meetings helped Las Vegas Sands in Macau
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A U.S. court has ruled that a Hong Kong businessman's role in arranging meetings between Las Vegas Sands and Chinese government officials helped the casino company secure a...
View ArticleAll 46 crew rescued after fishing vessel sinks off Alaskan coast: Coast Guard
(Reuters) - The 46-member crew of a fishing vessel that sank more than 600 miles off the coast of Alaska in the Bering Sea on Tuesday had to be rescued by boats in the area and taken to a nearby...
View ArticleIce Bucket Challenge Pays off: ALS Breakthrough
The ice bucket challenge for ALS was a phenomenon back in the summer of 2014. People were seen on facebook dunking a bucket of iced water over their heads while soliciting donations and nominating...
View ArticlePresident Reagan's would-be killer Hinckley to go free
By Joseph Ax(Reuters) - John Hinckley Jr., who wounded U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt prompted by a deranged obsession with actress Jodie Foster,...
View ArticleBaltimore prosecutor drops police charges in Freddie Gray case
By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Baltimore's top prosecutor on Wednesday dropped remaining charges against police officers tied to the death of black detainee Freddie Gray, after failing four times...
View ArticleCalifornia power operator urges conservation during heat wave
(Reuters) - California's power grid operator issued an alert urging consumers to conserve electricity on Wednesday as a heat wave baked the state, especially in the north.Electricity supplies statewide...
View ArticleManslaughter charge tossed for Florida sheriff's deputy in shooting death
By Letitia SteinTAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - A manslaughter charge against a sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a black man carrying an air rifle was dismissed on Wednesday after the deputy argued that he...
View ArticleU.S. consumer agency aims to tighten rules on debt collection
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal bureau charged with protecting U.S. consumers' finances was poised to lay out plans on Thursday for toughening regulation of debt collection, as complaints have...
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