Tropical Storm Hermine heading toward Florida coast, likely to become...
(Reuters) - Tropical Storm Hermine was heading toward the northern Florida coast on Thursday and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by the time it hits land, the U.S. National Hurricane Center...
View ArticleStanford sex assault case spurs get-tough rape proposals
By Sharon BernsteinSACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner will be released on Friday after serving three months for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman near...
View ArticleObama visits Midway Atoll, a symbol of his climate, Asia legacy
By Roberta RamptonHONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday was set to visit Midway Atoll, the remote coral reef that serves as a reminder of both modern global climate challenges and the...
View ArticleRocket explodes on launch pad in blow to Elon Musk's SpaceX
By Irene KlotzCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - An explosion destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket belonging to Elon Musk's SpaceX and its cargo during preparations for a routine test firing at Cape Canaveral in...
View ArticleGeorgetown University apologizes for slavery past
By Ian SimpsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Georgetown University apologized on Thursday for its historical links to slavery and said it would give an admissions edge to descendants of slaves whose sale in...
View ArticleMexico calls Trump wall plan 'outrageous' after visit
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Donald Trump's pledge to make Mexico pay for a border wall is "outrageous," its government said on Thursday, one day after the Republican presidential candidate visited Mexico...
View ArticleU.S. concerned for welfare of Houston woman as China sets spy trial date
By Jon HerskovitzAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - China has set a Sept. 19 trial date for a U.S. businesswoman accused of spying, charges her husband in Texas said on Thursday were false, and the U.S. State...
View ArticleRomanian hacker 'Guccifer' sentenced to 52 months in U.S. prison
By Dustin VolzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Romanian hacker nicknamed "Guccifer" who helped expose the existence of a private email domain Hillary Clinton used when she was U.S. secretary of state was...
View ArticleN.Y. man pleads not guilty to killings of imam, associate
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges that he shot dead a Muslim cleric and his associate last month on the street after they left a mosque in Queens,...
View ArticleFlorida finds first local mosquitoes with Zika virus
By Bill Berkrot(Reuters) - Florida officials on Thursday said they have trapped the first mosquitoes that tested positive for the Zika virus in the Miami area, further confirming reports of local U.S....
View ArticleWeak Mylan board fosters EpiPen 'debacle': New York comptroller
By Ransdell Pierson(Reuters) - New York City's comptroller on Thursday criticized what he said are "exorbitant" price increases for Mylan NV's allergy auto-injector EpiPen and said weak board oversight...
View ArticleS&P warns Chicago schools' B+ credit rating could fall
CHICAGO (Reuters) - S&P Global Ratings warned on Thursday that the Chicago public school system's B-plus credit rating could fall deeper into the junk level due to its "extremely weak" cash...
View ArticleMelania Trump sues Daily Mail, blogger over 'defamatory' stories
By Emily StephensonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Melania Trump, the wife of U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, sued the Maryland-based publisher of the Daily Mail Online and a blogger on...
View ArticleU.S. Muslims relieved Eid holiday to fall day after September 11 anniversary
By Joseph AxNEW YORK (Reuters) - For weeks, some U.S. Islamic leaders worried that the Eid al-Adha holiday would fall on Sept. 11, raising the possibility that some non-Muslims would misinterpret...
View ArticleDallas police chief who managed response to sniper attack to retire
By Lisa Maria GarzaDALLAS (Reuters) - The Dallas Police chief who gained national prominence for his leadership after five officers were killed in a sniper attack during a protest march against police...
View ArticlePakistani man sentenced in U.S. for trying to export military equipment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pakistani man was sentenced on Thursday to 33 months in a U.S. prison for attempting to export military equipment for the Pakistani military without a license, the U.S. Justice...
View ArticleMore reforms, including Tasers, slated for N.Y.'s Rikers jail
By Gina CherelusNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday announced a new raft of reforms aimed at improving safety at the city's notorious Rikers Island jail complex,...
View ArticleUber files $8 million building permit for new Oakland headquarters
By Heather SomervilleSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] has filed an $8 million building permit with the City of Oakland to undergo heavy-duty renovations on the old Sears...
View ArticlePenn State to honor late coach Paterno five years after scandal
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - Pennsylvania State University plans a special commemoration later this month marking the 50th anniversary of the late Joe Paterno's first game as head football coach, the...
View ArticleGerman man convicted of setting dozens of fires in Los Angeles area
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A German national dubbed the "Hollywood Arsonist" was found guilty on Thursday of setting dozens of fires in the Los Angeles area nearly five years ago, prosecutors said.Los...
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