Deaths from U.S. lightning strikes this year at highest since 2010
By Chris PrenticeNEW YORK (Reuters) - A pair of fatalities from lightning strikes over the weekend lifted the U.S. death toll from such accidents this year to 29, the most since 2010, the National...
View ArticleObama heads to Louisiana to tour flood-battered neighborhood
By Ayesha RascoeABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama flew to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Tuesday to visit a flood-ravaged neighborhood and meet with state officials to discuss how the...
View ArticleAppeals arguments begin on Kansas law requiring voters to prove citizenship
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - An effort by the state of Kansas to reinstate rules requiring people to present proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote at motor vehicle department offices...
View ArticleVirginia man held for stabbing shouted 'Allah akbar': police
(Reuters) - A Virginia man has been charged with stabbing two people while shouting the Muslim phrase "Allah akbar," and the attack is under investigation by the FBI, police said.The suspect, Wasil...
View ArticleMonsanto beats cities' lawsuits over San Francisco Bay pollution
By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - A federal judge has dismissed lawsuits in which the California cities of San Jose, Oakland and Berkeley sought to force Monsanto Co to help pay for reducing PCB...
View ArticleTropical Storm Gaston to become a Hurricane later Tuesday: NHC
(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gaston is expected to strengthen and become a hurricane later Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory, adding that it was rapidly moving...
View ArticleFlorida announces Zika case hundreds of miles from Miami
By Julie SteenhuysenCHICAGO (Reuters) - Florida officials on Tuesday announced the first case of Zika transmitted by mosquitoes in Pinellas County, located some 265 miles (425 km) from Miami, where the...
View ArticleWashington police veteran named interim chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A longtime deputy to outgoing Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier has been named interim chief while the search is under way for her replacement, Mayor Muriel Bowser said on...
View ArticleJudge keeps new Kentucky state pension board in place
(Reuters) - Kentucky's financially struggling pension system will move forward with an expanded governing board after a judge late on Monday temporarily ruled in favor of a reorganization ordered by...
View ArticleCivil rights groups accuse Arkansas city of running 'debtors prison'
By Jon Herskovitz(Reuters) - Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday accusing a small Arkansas city of running what they said amounted to a modern day debtors prison where a local court...
View ArticleSandusky is innocent, deserves new trial, lawyer says
By David DeKokBELLEFONTE, Pa. (Reuters) - Convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky is innocent and should get a new trial, his defense lawyer told reporters following a three-day hearing in a...
View ArticleAppeals court upholds Ohio law that shortens early voting
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld an Ohio law passed in 2014 that shortened the state's early voting period and abolished a so-called Golden Week when residents could register and...
View ArticleJudge denies GM's mid-trial bid to toss Texas ignition switch case
By Jessica DyeNEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors Co said Tuesday a Texas judge had denied its bid to throw out a lawsuit over a fatal 2011 crash blamed on a faulty ignition switch, after the company...
View ArticleTexas, four other states sue over U.S. transgender health policy
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas and four other states sued the Obama administration on Tuesday over extending its healthcare nondiscrimination law to transgender individuals, saying the move...
View ArticleHundreds of thousands of dead fish fill New Jersey creek
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of dead fish washed up in a New Jersey creek this week, state officials said.The fish, which were discovered in Waackaack Creek in the borough of Keansburg,...
View ArticleDozens of wildfires rage across arid U.S. West
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dozens of wildfires raged in the arid U.S. West on Tuesday, blackening hundreds of square miles of land and forcing residents from homes in California and Washington state.At...
View ArticleClinton leads Trump by 12 points in Reuters/Ipsos poll
By Chris KahnNEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 12 percentage points among likely voters, her strongest showing this month,...
View ArticleIllinois governor's office warns of crippling pension payment hike
By Dave McKinney and Karen PierogCHICAGO (Reuters) - Potential action this week by Illinois' biggest public pension fund could put a big dent in the state's already fragile finances, Governor Bruce...
View ArticleU.S. EPA links Texas quakes to oil work, echoing research findings
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Federal regulators have concluded that recent earthquakes in North Texas are likely linked to wastewater disposal wells used by the oil and gas industry, echoing findings from...
View ArticleResidency where marijuana is legal no reason for police search: U.S. court
By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday said police officers cannot stop and search vehicles belonging to out-of-state motorists simply because of where they reside, including...
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