FBI would gain new hacking power if search warrant rules change
By Dustin VolzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. judges will be able to issue search warrants giving law enforcement agents power to access computers in any jurisdiction, potentially even overseas, under a...
View ArticleYale keeps name of college tied to 19th century slavery defender
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yale University will keep the name of its Calhoun College, named after former U.S. Vice President John Calhoun, despite objections by students unhappy with its association with a...
View ArticleGeorgia inmate in historic death penalty case gains perspective
By David BeasleyMACON, Ga. (Reuters) - William Henry Furman, a convicted murderer whose objections to the death penalty once suspended executions across the United States, is finally a free man.The...
View ArticleElections get dirty as adult filmmakers set up political action committee
By Sharon BernsteinSACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California politics got a bit more racy on Wednesday, as producers and actors in the adult film business said they had formed a political action...
View ArticleFed signals no rush to hike rates as economy hits soft patch
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, but kept the door open to a hike in June while showing little sign it was in a hurry to tighten monetary policy amid an apparent slowdown...
View ArticleU.S. lawmakers debate funding gimmick in defense policy bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers in the House Armed Services Committee began debating an annual defense policy bill on Wednesday that would shift $18 billion in Pentagon war-funding to other...
View ArticleKerry expresses reservations about all-volunteer U.S. military
By Jon HerskovitzAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday he feels all Americans should find a way to serve their country, suggesting the need for a renewal in...
View ArticleU.S. university head sent on leave over claim she quashed bad publicity
By Brendan O'Brien(Reuters) - The chancellor of the University of California, Davis was placed on administrative leave on Wednesday over claims the school spent $175,000 to quash negative Internet...
View ArticleAir strikes on Aleppo hospital kill 27, U.N. declares catastrophe
By Lisa Barrington and Stephanie NebehayBEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - Air strikes destroyed a hospital and killed dozens of people in rebel-held areas of Syria's Aleppo including children and doctors, and...
View ArticleBombardier gains traction with big Delta order for CSeries jets
By Allison Lampert and Jeffrey DastinMONTREAL/ATLANTA (Reuters) - Bombardier Inc won a major order for its new CSeries passenger jets from Delta Air Lines on Thursday, potentially boosting the Canadian...
View ArticleColorado clinic accused gunman due in court for competency hearing
By Keith CoffmanCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - A man accused of fatally shooting three people and wounding nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last year is set to return to...
View ArticleUber's proposed class-action settlement leaves some dissatisfied
By Heather Somerville and Dan LevineSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber's proposed settlement of a high-profile class-action lawsuit last week has drawn opposition from some drivers and other concerned...
View ArticleU.S. seeks three more years in prison for mobster Bulger's girlfriend
By Scott MaloneBOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Thursday are set to ask a judge to order former Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger's girlfriend to spend three more years in prison for...
View ArticleJetBlue to launch NY LaGuardia-Boston flights, aiming at business travelers
By Jeffrey Dastin(Reuters) - JetBlue Airways Corp will start six round-trip flights per weekday between New York's space-constrained LaGuardia airport and Boston in October, seeking to capture business...
View ArticleFour University of Georgia students killed in car crash
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Four University of Georgia students were killed and another was critically injured after their car veered into oncoming traffic on a state highway, authorities said on Thursday.The...
View ArticleExclusive: No wall, but more high-tech gear, fencing sought by U.S. border...
By Julia HarteWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal agents who patrol the U.S. border with Mexico want 23 more miles (37 km) of fences, better radios and more aerial drones to tighten the southern frontier,...
View ArticleYoungest Kalamazoo shooting survivor to undergo surgery next month
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) -- The youngest survivor of the Kalamazoo shooting rampage will undergo surgery on May 13 to replace a portion of her skull that remains missing after she was shot in the...
View ArticleWarrants served in California linked to San Bernardino case- FBI
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - FBI agents served warrants in Corona and Ontario, California, on Thursday morning in the investigation of the December mass shooting by a radicalized Muslim couple in San...
View ArticleStone fires rounds at Nebraska troopers before surrendering
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - The chase for murder suspect Jared Stone lasted six days, covered five states and ended last night in southeast Wyoming when he was cornered on I-80 by Nebraska and...
View ArticleU.S. women may soon be required to register for the military draft
By Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - American women could be required to register for the military draft as soon as next year under an amendment to a defense policy bill passed by a House of...
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