U.S. soldier killed in Somalia firefight identified
(Reuters) – A U.S. commando killed in a Somalia firefight against al-Shabaab militants was identified as U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alexander Conrad, 26, of Chandler, Arizona, the Department of Defense said late Saturday.
U.S. actors, TV networks agree to end casting couch
(Reuters) – The largest U.S. actors’ union and the four major television networks on Saturday agreed to limit auditions in private hotel rooms and homes, ratifying a guideline the screen actors’ guild had enacted on its own following the #MeToo uproar,…
Hawaiians build homes for volcano evacuees
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Hundreds of construction workers hammered together 20 temporary housing units on Saturday for families forced from their homes by Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea Volcano in what Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim called a source of hope….
Colorado wildfire spreads as winds strengthen
(Reuters) – A stubborn Colorado wildfire grew by around a fifth on Saturday and was expected to continue to grow Sunday, consuming sparsely populated land as low humidity and high winds left firefighters bracing for it to spread, officials said.
Rise in U.S. suicides highlights need for new depression drugs
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A spike in suicide rates in the United States has cast fresh light on the need for more effective treatments for major depression, with researchers saying it is a tricky development area that has largely been abandoned by big pharma…
U.S. charges Arizona man with threatening Harvard’s black commencement
(Reuters) – An Arizona man who made racially-charged online threats to shoot students attending Harvard’s first black commencement ceremony last year and to bomb the university has been arrested, federal authorities said on Saturday.
Kate Spade items fly off virtual thrift shop shelves after designer’s death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The unexpected death of fashion designer Kate Spade on Tuesday has shoppers rushing to buy her brightly colored handbags, raising prices of used merchandise several times over, second-hand online retailers said.
Probe finds PG&E power lines sparked deadly 2017 California wildfires
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A dozen of the wind-driven blazes that swept northern California’s wine country last fall, killing 46 people in the deadliest firestorm in state history, were sparked by PG&E-owned power lines, state officials said on Friday.
Federal judge blocks Indiana from enforcing voter purge law
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday blocked the state of Indiana from enforcing a 2017 law allowing election officials to remove voters from the rolls if they were flagged by a controversial tracking system.
Environmentalists slam Interior chief Zinke over Yellowstone chief’s ouster
(In June 8 story, corrects in paragraph 7 to show what was reviewed were national monuments, not national parks.)
