California voters to decide on $8.9 billion water bonds in November
NEW YORK (Reuters) – California voters will get to decide in a statewide November ballot whether their state should borrow $8.9 billion for water projects, Secretary of State Alex Padilla said on Wednesday.
Suspect charged with capital murder for shooting Dallas officer
(Reuters) – One of the two Dallas police officers shot outside a Home Depot store died on Wednesday and the man suspected of the crime was being held on a capital murder charge, which can bring the death penalty, officials said.
California man arrested in ‘Golden State Killer’ case, suspected in 12 slayings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – An elderly Sacramento-area man has been arrested and charged in four murders attributed by authorities to the Golden State Killer, a serial criminal suspected of dozens of rapes and slayings that terrorized parts of Calif…
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush out of intensive care
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush has been moved from an intensive care unit at Houston Methodist Hospital to a regular patient room as he recovers from an infection that spread to his blood, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
Flowers and grits as Waffle House reopens after Nashville killings
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – The Waffle House restaurant in Nashville where a gunman killed four people reopened on Wednesday for the first time since the weekend attack, filling up with customers ordering breakfasts as a makeshift memorial of flowers …
Yeezy to Disney: Kanye West shatters year-long Twitter silence
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Kanye West said on Wednesday that he had fired his manager and suggested he may run for U.S. president in a frenetic Twitter spree in which he promised four new albums and compared himself to Henry Ford and Walt Disney.
Supreme Court appears ready to uphold Trump’s travel ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared poised to hand President Donald Trump a huge legal victory, signaling on Wednesday it was likely to uphold his contentious travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority count…
In #MeToo’s shadow, Cosby awaits verdict in sexual assault trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – The case against Bill Cosby, the man once known as “America’s Dad,” is now in the hands of a jury charged with deciding whether the comedian is guilty of drugging and molesting a onetime friend at his Pennsylvania home more …
U.S. regulator sues LendingClub over hidden fees
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. regulator sued online lender Lending Club Corp on Wednesday for allegedly overcharging consumers and misleading them on hidden fees.
Puerto Rico’s governor says power should return within a month
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rossello on Wednesday said he expects electricity to be restored across the U.S. territory within a month, but warned that the island’s infrastructure needed to be strengthened ahead of the upcoming …
