No winner in Powerball drawing, jackpot soars to $440 million
(Reuters) – No Powerball tickets matched all six numbers for Saturday night’s $384 million grand prize drawing, sending next week’s jackpot in the United States surging to $440 million, lottery officials said.
New year could bring record low temperatures to U.S. Midwest, East Coast
(Reuters) – Bitterly cold weather will usher in the new year for much of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains this weekend, bringing record low temperatures to the Midwest, making travel difficult and putting a chill on New Year’s Eve celebra…
FBI Russia probe helped by Australian diplomat tip-off: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos told an Australian diplomat in May 2016 that Russia had political dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
Erica Garner, activist daughter of New York chokehold victim, dies at 27
(Reuters) – Erica Garner, the daughter of a New York man whose death during an attempted arrest helped spark the “Black Lives Matter” movement against police brutality, died on Saturday, a posting on her official Twitter account showed.
California suspect held in hoax that led to police killing Kansas man
(Reuters) – A 25-year-old Los Angeles man was arrested in the city on suspicion of making a hoax phone call that led a police officer in Kansas to kill an unarmed man at a home where the caller said hostages were being held, authorities said on Saturda…
Police in Kansas kill innocent man after prank emergency call
(Reuters) – A police officer in Kansas shot and killed an innocent, unarmed man after a prank caller told authorities that he had killed his father and was holding hostages inside the man’s home, police said.
U.S. military to accept transgender recruits on Monday: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Transgender people will be allowed for the first time to enlist in the U.S. military starting on Monday as ordered by federal courts, the Pentagon said on Friday, after President Donald Trump’s administration decided not to appea…
Gunman kills two at Houston garage, takes his own life
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A former worker at a Houston auto repair shop fatally shot two employees on Friday and then committed suicide, Houston police said.
White House, Congress prepare for talks on spending, immigration
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday it was set to kick off talks next week with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders on immigration policy, government spending and other issues that need to be wrapped …
Boy, three, playing with stove caused deadly New York fire, officials say
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 3-year-old boy playing with the burners on a kitchen stove started a fire in a New York City apartment building that killed 12 people, including four children, city officials said on Friday.
