Case dismissed against three Ohio men who spent 18 years in prison
By Kim Palmer(Reuters) - An Ohio judge on Monday dismissed murder charges against three men who faced retrial in a 1995 killing after serving 18 years in prison, winning an appeal and being released in...
View ArticleAfter decades of segregation, anger boils over in Milwaukee
By Brendan O'BrienMILWAUKEE (Reuters) - For Randy Jones, a community activist in the Milwaukee district of Sherman Park, the rioting that took place in his neighborhood over the weekend was...
View ArticleSuspect questioned in New York slaying of Muslim imam
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A suspect being questioned in the killing of a Muslim imam and his associate in New York City over the weekend was arrested on Monday on charges related to a hit-and-run traffic...
View ArticleNorth Carolina asks Supreme Court to reinstate voter ID law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Carolina on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a state law requiring voters to show identification to remain in effect for the Nov. 8 U.S. election despite an...
View ArticleMan wanted in killing of Georgia police officer captured in Florida
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The suspect sought in the killing of a Georgia police officer was found hiding in the trunk of a car in Florida early on Monday after a 28-hour manhunt, police said.Royheem Delshawn...
View ArticleAetna pulls back on Obamacare health insurance plans in 2017
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aetna Inc, the No. 3 U.S. health insurer, on Monday said that due to persistent financial losses on Obamacare plans, it will sell individual insurance on the government-run online...
View ArticleObama warns Democrats against overconfidence about Clinton victory
By Jeff MasonCHILMARK, Mass. (Reuters) - Declaring he was tired of talking about Donald Trump, President Barack Obama urged Democrats on Monday not to grow too confident about their prospects in the...
View ArticleNew York man charged with murder in deaths of imam, assistant
(Reuters) - A New York man, Oscar Morel, of Brooklyn, was charged on Monday with two counts of second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of a Muslim imam and his assistant, a police spokesman...
View ArticleColorado to vote on assisted suicide in November
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - Colorado voters will decide in November whether to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients under a ballot question approved on Monday, a...
View ArticleTrial of 'Hollywood Arsonist' begins in Los Angeles
(Reuters) - Lawyers made opening speeches on Monday in the Los Angeles trial of a German national dubbed the "Hollywood Arsonist" and charged with setting more than 40 fires across the city more than...
View ArticleMan arrested for arson related to destructive California fire
By Stephen LamMIDDLETOWN, Calif. (Reuters) - A man was arrested on Monday on suspicion of arson, officials said, over a wildfire in Northern California that has destroyed more than 175 homes and...
View ArticleCalls for calm, curfew bring quieter night after Milwaukee riots
By Brendan O'BrienMILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Milwaukee's curfew on teenagers and community leaders' calls for restraint brought relative calm to the city overnight after two nights of riots sparked by the...
View ArticleU.S. judge to order review of prison recordings after complaints
By Kevin MurphyKANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) - A federal judge in Kansas agreed on Tuesday to order an independent investigation into whether prosecutors violated attorney-client privilege by obtaining...
View ArticleFBI to give Congress report on lack of charges over Clinton's email use: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI on Tuesday will deliver a report to U.S. lawmakers explaining why the law enforcement agency did not recommend charges over Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email...
View ArticleCanada officials may charge U.S. hunter who speared bear to death
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Alberta may file charges against a U.S. hunter who posted a video of himself killing a black bear with a spear, wildlife officials said on Tuesday, as the Canadian province...
View ArticleU.S. prosecutors dealt setback in medical marijuana cases
By Dan LevineSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice cannot spend money to prosecute federal marijuana cases if the defendants comply with state guidelines that permit the drug's sale...
View ArticleNavajo Nation sues EPA over metal sludge from Colorado mine spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Navajo Nation sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, one year after 3 million gallons of toxic wastewater spilled into three states from an abandoned...
View ArticleTrump names six U.S. governors as agricultural advisors
By P.J. Huffstutter and Tom PolansekCHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump named 64 agriculture policy advisors on Tuesday, including the governors of Iowa and five other...
View ArticleClinton leads Trump by six points in latest Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Grant SmithNEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has a 6-percentage-point lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court stance on North Carolina law to send signal on voting limits
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's handling of North Carolina's long-shot bid to reinstate its contentious voter identification law will set the tone for the court's...
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