Indiana student trapped in cave 60 hours: college newspaper
(Reuters) – A 19-year-old Indiana University student said on Facebook this week that he was “safe and sound” after being left behind by a college spelunking club and spending nearly three days locked in a cave without food or water.
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits off northern California: USGS
(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck on Friday off the coast of Northern California in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no reports of damage or injury.
St. Louis sued for misconduct toward protesters of white officer’s acquittal
(Reuters) – A civil liberties group sued the city of St. Louis on Friday, alleging police misconduct against demonstrators protesting the acquittal of a white former officer in the killing of a black man.
Doomsday sale: U.S. survivalists stock up as disasters roil the planet
(Reuters) – Two earthquakes, three monstrous hurricanes and the North Korean missile crisis have U.S. survivalists convinced that the end of the world is nigh. And they are clearing store shelves to stock bunkers in anticipation of Earth’s final chapte…
California mass killer sentenced to life in prison for hair salon attack
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California man was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the worst mass killing in Orange County history, the 2011 shooting deaths of eight people at a hair salon where his ex-wife worked….
U.S. mainland Puerto Ricans anguished, unable to reach loved ones
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla./NEW YORK (Reuters) – Deserie Rivera is having difficulty sleeping at night, unable to get through to Puerto Rico to find out if her mother is safe after Hurricane Maria struck.
Trump administration drops guidance on college sex-crime probes
(Reuters) – The Trump administration on Friday reversed Obama-era guidelines on how colleges should handle sexual assault allegations that it said treated the accused unfairly.
NFL vows ‘vigorous’ fight against Aaron Hernandez CTE lawsuit
BOSTON (Reuters) – The National Football League on Friday vowed to vigorously fight a lawsuit filed on behalf of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez’s family that claimed his severe chronic traumatic encephalopathy led to his suicide.
Hurricane-ravaged U.S. cities hit by rising cleanup costs
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Communities in Texas and Florida, each swamped by a hurricane within two weeks of one another, are rewriting debris removal contracts and paying millions of dollars more to lure trucks, as subcontractors say costs have jumped.
Accused mobster tied to Boston art heist to undergo psychiatric test
BOSTON (Reuters) – An octogenerian alleged mobster who police believe may be able to help solve the largest art heist in U.S. history will undergo a psychiatric evaluation before being sentenced on gun charges, a federal court judge in Connecticut rule…
