Study hikes Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Maria death toll to 4,645
(Reuters Health) – Hurricane Maria claimed the lives of 4,645 people in Puerto Rico last year and not the 64 long pegged by the island’s government as the official death toll, according to a survey of thousands of residents by a research team led by Ha…
Ex-Michigan State University head to testify to Congress on abuse of athletes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Michigan State University President and a former USA Gymnastics President will testify June 5 to a U.S. Senate committee about efforts to protect athletes from abuse following the scandal of the gymnastics team doctor’s …
U.S. Supreme Court rules against police over motorcycle search
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday for the second time this month put restrictions on police searches of vehicles, ruling that officers unlawfully searched a stolen motorcycle parked on private property in Virginia because they di…
Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. MMA fighter Jeff Monson
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin has awarded Russian citizenship to U.S. mixed martial arts fighter Jeff Monson, a presidential decree published on Tuesday showed, a move the Kremlin said was motivated by Monson’s sporting fame.
Starbucks shuts 8,000 stores for anti-bias training
(Reuters) – Black leaders who are advising Starbucks Corp on its anti-bias training program, which begins Tuesday, hope it will reinvigorate decades-old efforts to ensure minorities get equal treatment in restaurants and stores, setting an example for…
U.S. top court rejects challenge to strict Arkansas abortion law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a setback to abortion rights advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for Republican-backed restrictions on medication-induced abortions to take effect in Arkansas that could lead to the shuttering of two of …
Vertical plume of ash explodes from Hawaii volcano
HONOLULU (Reuters) – A small explosion of ash erupted from the summit of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano early on Tuesday morning in a vertical plume some 15,000 feet (4,600 meters) high, the U.S. Geological Survey said, the latest outburst in a month of volc…
Alberto remnants threaten Alabama with flash flooding
(Reuters) – Subtropical storm Alberto fizzled into a subtropical depression as it rolled into Alabama on Tuesday but forecasters warned of potentially dangerous flash floods even as winds dropped to 30 miles per hour (48 km per hour).
Language as extreme sport: Youngsters square off in U.S. spelling bee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee this week, hundreds of youngsters will compete in a uniquely American contest that has been likened to an intellectual extreme sport, involving one of the world’s most tricky languages….
Two journalists killed on the job by falling tree in North Carolina
(This version of the May 28 story corrects headline, paragraph one to make clear North Carolina was site of accident.)
