Texas Governor to hold talks on school violence after massacre
(Reuters) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday was set to hold a series of meetings on how to combat school violence, three days after a 17-year-old killed 10 people in the fourth-deadliest mass shooting at a public school in modern U.S. history.
U.S. top court backs companies over worker class-action claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to the rights of workers on Monday by allowing companies to require them to sign away their ability to bring class-action claims against management, agreements already in place for about 25…
U.S. top court takes up challenge to Virginia uranium mining ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether states have the right to ban uranium mining for public health reasons in a dispute over a moratorium Virginia put in place on the radioactive metal in 1982.
U.S. Supreme Court takes up dispute over power plant in India
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider reviving a lawsuit by Indian villagers seeking to hold a Washington-based international financial institution responsible for widespread environmental damage they blame on a pow…
Teen Texas gunman suspect studied previous mass shootings: ABC News
(Reuters) – The teenage boy charged with murdering eight students and two teachers during a gun rampage at a Houston-area high school on Friday studied previous mass shootings before carrying out his attack, sources told ABC News.
Father of Pakistani girl killed in Texas hopes her death can spur reform
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The father of a Pakistani girl killed in a Texas school shooting said on Monday he hoped that the death of his daughter, who wanted to serve her country as a civil servant or diplomat, would help spur gun control in the United Sta…
Hawaii faces new threat of fumes from volcano’s lava
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Hawaii faced a new hazard on Sunday as lava flows from Kilauea’s volcanic eruption could produce clouds of acid fumes, steam and glass-like particles as they reach the Pacific, authorities said.
Volcano’s gassy, glassy ‘laze’ a new threat for Hawaii
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Hawaii residents coping with Kilauea’s volcanic eruption faced a potentially deadly new hazard on Sunday as authorities warned that lava flows reaching the Pacific Ocean could produce noxious clouds of acid fumes, steam and ti…
Gassy, glassy ‘laze’ from volcano poses new threat for Hawaii
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Hawaii residents coping with Kilauea’s volcanic eruption faced a potentially deadly new hazard on Sunday as authorities warned that lava flows reaching the Pacific Ocean could produce noxious clouds of acid fumes, steam and ti…
Grief and anguish transcend two faiths’ prayers after Texas school shooting
SANTA FE, Texas (Reuters) – The rituals and religious traditions may have been strikingly different, but a Methodist memorial service and Islamic funeral prayers held in two Houston suburbs on Sunday shared a profound anguish at the lives lost to high …
