Orlando 911 calls tell of fear inside and outside of Pulse club
By Barbara ListonORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Panicked callers to 911 during June's mass shooting in Orlando told police of buildings hit by stray bullets and wounded friends stuck inside the gay...
View ArticleEx-Guantanamo prisoner deported to Uruguay from Venezuela
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner arrived in Uruguay on Tuesday after being deported from Venezuela, where he set off alarm bells for traveling without proper documents and was...
View ArticleGeorgia sheriff gets probation, $1,000 fine for shooting friend
By David BeasleyATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia sheriff who said he accidentally shot a friend while practicing police tactics pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of reckless conduct on Tuesday,...
View ArticleNew Book on Avery Case
MANITOWOC, WI (Wisconsin Radio Network) - More scrutiny for the Steven Avery case.Manitowoc county prosecutor Michael Griesbach is out with his second book on Avery. Griesbach says those who believe in...
View ArticleOne dead, five in custody after New Jersey highway shootout
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five people have been arrested following a deadly shootout in broad daylight between moving vehicles on a New Jersey highway, police said on Tuesday.The incident, which occurred on...
View ArticleNew Jersey Governor Christie vetoes minimum wage hike to $15/hr
By Hilary Russ(Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday vetoed a bill to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next five years.The legislation would have made New...
View ArticlePop star Chris Brown arrested at L.A. home after daylong standoff
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Chris Brown was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on Tuesday after a daylong standoff and search at his Los Angeles home that began when a woman...
View ArticleObama shortens prison sentences of 111 convicts: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama shortened the prison sentences of 111 convicts serving time for drug-related offenses in his second round of clemency grants this month, the White...
View ArticleN.Y. high court broadens definition of parent in landmark ruling
By Karen FreifeldNEW YORK (Reuters) - In a landmark ruling for non-traditional families in New York, the state's highest court on Tuesday held a person need not have a biological or adoptive...
View ArticleSenator Grassley could be persuaded to hold hearing on Garland
By Susan CornwellWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley opened the door to holding a hearing on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland if a majority of senators wish to do...
View ArticlePoll shows Virginia lawmaker jailed in sex scandal leading mayor's race
(Reuters) - A former Virginia politician who was jailed over a sex scandal involving a teenage girl leads a crowded field running for mayor of the state's capital city, a poll showed on Tuesday. Joe...
View ArticleChristian woman told to remove headscarf for license: ACLU lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a lawsuit accusing Alabama county officials of violating a Christian woman's religious rights by forcing her to remove...
View ArticleTurkish gold trader seeks U.S. judge's recusal in Iran sanctions case
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Turkish gold trader accused of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions against Iran on Tuesday asked a federal judge to recuse himself, citing remarks he made about a...
View ArticleFive Chicago officers face firing over slaying of black teen
By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - The chief of Chicago's police department recommended on Tuesday that five officers be fired over their role in the 2014 shooting death of an black teenager, an...
View ArticleHurricane threatens Hawaii; storm churns off Florida
By Letitia SteinTAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - U.S forecasters warned residents of Hawaii's Big Island on Tuesday of an encroaching hurricane expected to bring strong winds and heavy rains, while Floridians...
View ArticleSenators press Mylan on 'exorbitantly expensive' EpiPen
By Diane BartzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Elizabeth Warren and 19 other U.S. senators voiced concern to the chief executive of Mylan NV about the high cost of its EpiPen on Tuesday, calling the...
View ArticleBrush fire prompts evacuation of 700 people east of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A fast-growing brush fire prompted the evacuation of roughly 700 people on Tuesday from a mobile home park and nearby community in Southern California's Riverside County, state...
View ArticleFlorida Republicans pick Marco Rubio for Senate race: AP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Marco Rubio, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race earlier this year, was chosen on Tuesday as the Republican Party nominee for a second U.S. Senate term from...
View ArticleThree new cases of local Zika transmission in Florida: officials
(Reuters) - Florida health officials on Tuesday said they were investigating three new Zika virus cases likely stemming from local mosquito bites in Miami-Dade County, including two cases outside of...
View ArticleSeveral injured after ferry strikes New York kayakers
(Reuters) - Several people were injured, at least one of them seriously, when a ferry struck a group of kayakers off a Manhattan pier on Tuesday evening, officials said.The Coast Guard said in a...
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