Migrant ‘caravan’ that angers Trump nears U.S.-Mexico border
HERMOSILLO, Mexico (Reuters) – Hundreds of Central American migrants traveling in a “caravan” were in limbo in the northern Mexican city of Hermosillo on Monday on the final stretch of a journey to the United States where President Donald Trump ordered…
Three MS-13 gang members in Massachusetts convicted in murder trial
BOSTON (Reuters) – Three suspected members of the MS-13 gang in Massachusetts were convicted on Monday of participating in gang-related murders, in a case U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has called an example of how authorities can try to tackle th…
Ex-Insys employee in U.S. opioid case sentenced to home confinement
(Reuters) – A former Insys Therapeutics Inc sales representative was sentenced on Monday to six months of home confinement after admitting that she participated in a scheme to pay kickbacks to two Alabama doctors to prescribe a fentanyl-based medicatio…
Southwest cancels more U.S. flights as it inspects engines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co canceled more flights on Monday as it worked to complete inspections of engines like the one that failed last week in a deadly accident over Pennsylvania.
Waffle House shooting suspect arrested by Nashville police
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Nashville police on Monday arrested the suspect in the weekend killing of four people at a Waffle House restaurant, ending a manhunt that began when the gunman ran naked from the scene into nearby woods, authorities said.
No testimony from Cosby as defense rests in Pennsylvania sexual assault trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Bill Cosby’s lawyers rested their case on Monday in his retrial on sexual assault charges, with the comedian declining to testify in his own defense against a one-time friend’s accusations that he drugged and raped her in 20…
No trace of Nashville shooting suspect except empty laptop case
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Nashville police have found no further trace of the suspected gunman who fled a Waffle House restaurant naked after killing four people, except for a laptop case with his name written inside discovered along a roadside, the…
California risks severe ‘whiplash’ from drought to flood: scientists
OSLO (Reuters) – California will suffer more volatile weather this century with a “whiplash” from drought to rain and mounting risks a repeat of the devastating “Great Flood” of 1862, scientists said on Monday.
U.S. anti-Muslim hate crimes rose 15 percent in 2017: advocacy group
BOSTON (Reuters) – Hate crimes targeting U.S. Muslims rose 15 percent in 2017, the second year of increases, according to a study released on Monday by advocacy group the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Miami police use stun gun on man accused of touching female passenger
(Reuters) – A 28-year-old Chicago man was in custody on Monday after police used a stun gun to arrest him aboard an American Airlines plane after he refused to move seats when accused of touching a female passenger without her permission at Miami Inter…
