Family lawyer calls black man's accused shooter 'George Zimmerman 2.0'
By Colleen JenkinsWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - A lawyer for the family of a man shot and killed in North Carolina called his accused killer "George Zimmerman 2.0" as the dead man's mother pleaded on...
View ArticleWashington policeman charged with Islamic State aid ordered held
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Washington transit police officer charged with attempting to help the Islamic State militant group was ordered held pending trial, U.S. court documents showed on Thursday.The...
View ArticleBoy hurt on Pennsylvania roller coaster, week's third amusement park injury
(Reuters) - A boy was injured when he fell from a roller coaster on Thursday and he was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital, emergency services and park officials said, in the third accident this week...
View ArticleMacau billionaire calls U.S. case over U.N. bribe scheme political
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Macau billionaire accused of bribing a former United Nations General Assembly president on Thursday accused the U.S. government of prosecuting him for geopolitical...
View ArticleN.Y. man admits planning Islamic State-inspired New Year's Eve attack
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man pleaded guilty on Thursday to planning a New Year's Eve attack last year inspired by Islamic State, the U.S. Department of Justice said, and faces up to 20 years in...
View ArticleTyson fires 10 U.S. workers after video captures chicken abuse
By Tom PolansekCHICAGO (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc said it has fired 10 workers who were captured abusing breeder chickens in Virginia in a secretly recorded video released by an animal rights group on...
View ArticleTrump settles legal dispute with former campaign aide
(Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign has settled a legal dispute with former aide Sam Nunberg, according to a court document filed in New York on Thursday.Trump had...
View ArticleExclusive: Congressional leaders were briefed a year ago on hacking of...
By Mark Hosenball and John WalcottWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence officials told top congressional leaders a year ago that Russian hackers were attacking the Democratic Party, three sources...
View ArticleEx-Colorado University student spared prison for sexual assault
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - A former University of Colorado student has been spared a prison sentence for his sexual assault conviction, drawing angry comparisons from victim advocates to the...
View ArticleTexas, other states to ask judge to halt Obama transgender policy
By Jon HerskovitzFORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - Texas and a dozen other states plan to ask a U.S. judge in Fort Worth on Friday to halt Obama administration recommendations regarding bathroom access for...
View ArticleSandusky to take stand in his bid for new child-sex trial
By David DeKokBELLEFONTE, Pa. (Reuters) - Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State coach convicted of child sexual abuse in 2012, will take the stand on Friday at a hearing in which he will proclaim his...
View ArticleU.S. aims to restore water, return fish to diverted California river
By Sharon BernsteinFRESNO, Calif. (Reuters) - California's San Joaquin River flows out of the mountains above Yosemite, clear and bubbling until it abruptly stops just north of Fresno, its water...
View ArticleJetBlue says 24 injured as flight hits heavy turbulence
(Reuters) - JetBlue Airways Corp said 22 passengers and two crew members were injured when its flight from Boston to Sacramento, California ran into heavy turbulence on Thursday.Flight 0429 landed...
View ArticleIreland orders extradition of alleged Silk Road website administrator
DUBLIN (Reuters) - An Irish court on Friday ordered the extradition of a 27-year-old Irish man the United States claims was an administrator for the Silk Road, a web site used to anonymously buy and...
View ArticleJudge rejects Ohio law to cut Planned Parenthood funds over abortion
(Reuters) - A judge on Friday prevented Ohio from cutting federal taxpayer funding from 28 Planned Parenthood clinics, setting back the governor's hopes of stopping the women's health services group...
View ArticleCouple fatally struck by lightning in New York cemetery: media
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A couple in their 30s were struck and killed by lightning while "hanging out" at a historic cemetery in western New York state, according to a media report on Friday. Richard...
View ArticleCalifornia lawmaker to float zero emissions vehicle bill
By Rory CarrollSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California lawmaker next week will introduce a bill requiring 15 percent of all vehicles sold in the state to be emissions-free by 2025, her spokeswoman said...
View ArticlePay Day Loan rate cap wins again in court
PIERRE, SD (KELO-AM) Opponents of the Pay Day Loan rate cap have failed again in court to keep it off the November ballot in South Dakota.The 'Give Us Credit South Dakota' group claimed that Initiated...
View ArticleAt least two dead, two injured as rains pound U.S. Gulf Coast
By Bryn StoleBATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) - Torrential downpours in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi caused flooding on Friday that killed at least two men, left two people injured and forced residents...
View ArticleClinton happily yields national spotlight to Trump, avoids its glare
By Amanda BeckerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - If you haven't heard a lot about what Hillary Clinton thinks of a string of controversial comments by Donald Trump that have generated round-the-clock coverage on...
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