Texas schoolgirl shoots fellow student then kills herself: sheriff
By Jon HerskovitzAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A 14-year-old girl shot and wounded a fellow student at Alpine High School in rural West Texas on Thursday and then died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound,...
View ArticleU.S. coal miners hit Congress to rally for pension protection
By Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 10,000 retired coal miners and their families descended on the U.S. Congress on Thursday to pressure lawmakers to pass stalled legislation that would...
View ArticleU.S. drops corruption charges against former Virginia governor, wife
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday dropped corruption charges against former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife, bringing to a close a case that tarnished the once-rising...
View ArticleNew York to allow late-term abortions for health at-risk women
By Laila KearneyNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York will allow late-term abortions for women whose pregnancies endanger their health, a move that brings the state into federal compliance and ends decades of...
View ArticlePolice find possible clues in dig for missing California student
By Dan WhitcombLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Authorities using cadaver dogs have discovered several "items of interest" as they dig at the edge of a California university campus in hopes of finding the...
View ArticleDisability rights groups seek intervention on Wisconsin teen's plans to die
By Timothy MclaughlinCHICAGO (Reuters) - Disability rights groups said on Thursday they have asked child protective services to intervene in the case of a severely disabled Wisconsin teenager who...
View ArticleTwo North Carolina men arrested over alleged hack of CIA chief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two North Carolina men were arrested on Thursday for allegedly hacking several senior U.S. government officials as part of a group called "Crackas With Attitude," according to...
View ArticleCurbs on excessive force proposed for Cleveland police
By Kim PalmerCLEVELAND (Reuters) - Cleveland police would face new limits on the use of force under proposals issued on Thursday by a group charged with monitoring the city's police department, after a...
View ArticleEx-San Francisco 49er charged with assault of elderly man, son
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Former San Francisco 49er Bruce Miller was charged on Thursday with seven felonies including assault with a deadly weapon, described by prosecutors as a cane, in connection...
View ArticleChipotle settles sick customers' claims, avoiding court battles
By Tom PolansekCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill has agreed to financial settlements with more than 100 customers who fell ill after eating at its restaurants last year, lawyers for the...
View ArticleAppeals court rejects Michigan woman's lawsuit over Catholic hospital care
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a woman's appeal in a lawsuit that alleged a Roman Catholic hospital in Michigan denied her adequate treatment during a painful miscarriage...
View ArticleCincinnati Zoo, site of gorilla slaying, evacuated over suspicious device
(Reuters) - Cincinnati police found nothing on Thursday after receiving a phone threat of a suspicious device at a zoo where a gorilla was shot earlier this year to protect a child who had fallen into...
View ArticleU.S. Marine trainers may be prosecuted after suicide of Muslim recruit
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - A Marine Corps investigation into the suicide of a recruit in South Carolina has uncovered abuse by drill instructors, in a case that could result in military prosecution...
View ArticleU.S. regulator tells air passengers not to turn on Galaxy Note 7 phones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Airline passengers should not turn on or charge their Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Galaxy Note 7 smartphones during flights or stow them in checked baggage due to concerns over the...
View ArticleNorth Dakota governor calls in National Guard ahead of pipeline ruling
(Reuters) - North Dakota's governor activated 100 National Guard troops on Thursday ahead of an expected ruling by a federal judge on a Native American tribe's request to halt construction of a crude...
View ArticleWashington state will not charge police in Mexican laborer's slaying
By Eric M. JohnsonSEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. state of Washington has decided not to file criminal charges against the three police officers who fatally shot an undocumented Mexican farm worker in...
View ArticleDenver Broncos' Marshall kneels in protest during national anthem
(Reuters) - Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall became the latest athlete to kneel during the U.S. national anthem in protest for social justice before his team's game versus the Carolina...
View ArticleTexas mattress store closes after 'disgusting' 9/11 sale video
By Jon HerskovitzAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas mattress store that used bedding to stage a mock collapse of New York City's Twin Towers in an ad for a Sept. 11 sale on Friday said it was closing...
View ArticleU.S. House votes to allow Sept. 11 families to sue Saudi Arabia
By Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday that would allow the families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia's...
View ArticleNorth Carolina man arrested for lying about clown sighting
By Colleen JenkinsWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - A North Carolina man who told police someone dressed as a clown had knocked on his window at night landed in jail on Friday after admitting he...
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