Stabbing at Idaho apartments housing refugees leaves 9 wounded
(Reuters) – A man went on a stabbing spree Saturday night at an apartment complex in Boise, Idaho that is home to refugee families, sending nine people to the hospital, four with life-threatening injuries, police said.
Oregon right-wingers clash with anti-fascists at march in Portland
(Reuters) – Anti-fascist and right-wing activists clashed in Portland, Oregon on Saturday night as violence broke out during a march in support of a conservative Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, media reported.
Video shows Pennsylvania cop tasering unarmed man
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania police officer is under investigation after he was caught on video using a stun gun on an unarmed black man who was sitting on a curb.
New Jersey averts government shutdown with last-minute budget
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy struck a last-minute budget deal on Saturday, ending threats of a government shutdown that had raged for weeks as he struggled to reach an accord with members of his own party.
Man arrested for starting Colorado wildfire
TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) – A man was arrested on Saturday on charges of starting a forest fire in Colorado that has destroyed structures and forced hundreds to evacuate their homes in one of dozens of wildfires raging across the drought-hit U.S. sout…
Protesters across U.S. call on Trump to reunite immigrant families
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities across the United States on Saturday to demand the Trump administration reverse an immigration crackdown that has separated children from parents at the U.S-Mexico border and led …
U.S. protesters urge Trump to reverse immigration crackdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Thousands gathered in front of the White House on Saturday to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies, which have separated children from parents at the U.S-Mexico border and sparked plans for military-run detenti…
With sardines and a snare, the deaf puppy Toffee is rescued
At a little past midnight on Saturday, with the help of some sardines and a snare, volunteers lifted Toffee, a seven-week-old deaf puppy that briefly caught the nation’s attention, out of a deep hole in northern Alabama, ending a saga that began more t…
Missouri appeals court tosses $55 million J&J talc-powder verdict
(Reuters) – A Missouri appeals court on Friday threw out a $55 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by a woman who claimed she developed ovarian cancer after using talc-based products, including J&J’s baby powder, citing a U.S. Supreme court ruling on where such cases can be brought.
Hundreds gather in Annapolis to remember shooting victims
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Reuters) – Hundreds of people gathered on Friday evening to remember the five people gunned down at a community newspaper office in Annapolis, Maryland, one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history.
