Parkland students meet with Waffle House hero
(Reuters) – With hugs and Twitter posts, the man who wrestled an AR-15 rifle from a mass shooter at a Nashville restaurant in April met with more than a dozen survivors of the school shooting at Parkland, Fla., for a cheap breakfast in Miami on Saturda…
Roaring like jet engines, new crack opens at Hawaii volcano
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – A new fissure roaring like jet engines and spewing magma opened on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Saturday, piling lava as high as a four-story building, as the area torn by the U.S. volcano’s eruption spread.
Trump says wants a government funding deal before August break
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Congress must have a deal to fund the federal government before the summer break in August or lawmakers would have to stay in Washington.
Families reunited in ‘Hugs Not Walls’ event at U.S.-Mexico border
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) – For three minutes on Saturday, Marcelino Pizarro hugged family members he had not seen since he jumped the fence into the United States from Mexico six years ago.
U.S. rolls back protections for transgender prison inmates
(Reuters) – The Trump administration has rolled back protections for transgender prison inmates introduced under former President Barack Obama after some prisoners challenged the policies in court.
U.S. fighter jets intercept Russian bombers in international airspace off Alaska
(Reuters) – Two U.S. fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers in international airspace off the coast of Alaska on Friday.
U.S. fighter jets intercept Russian bombers in international airspace off Alaska: media
(Reuters) – Two U.S. fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers in international airspace off the coast of Alaska on Friday, media reported.
Hawaii braces for worse lava flows from erupting volcano
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – More destructive lava flows could soon hit Hawaii’s Big Island as the Kilauea volcano erupts, posing a greater threat than oozing magma that has so far destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands to evacuate, scientists said.
Jury recommends life sentence for Oklahoma teen who killed his family
(Reuters) – A jury on Friday recommended life in prison with the possibility of parole for an Oklahoma teenager convicted of joining his older brother in bludgeoning and stabbing his parents and three siblings to death in 2015, prosecutors said.
Former energy executive pleads guilty over hire of ex-New York governor’s aide
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former New York energy company executive on Friday pleaded guilty to hiring the wife of a former aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in an effort to cultivate a relationship with the aide and lying to his company about it, two…
