Self-sufficient eclipse chasers hit the road to ‘totality’
(Reuters) – Michael Zeiler packed his portable toilet then headed out on a 10-hour drive from New Mexico to Wyoming where, on Monday, he intends to mark the ninth time he has seen the moon pass in front of the sun in a total solar eclipse.
Mayor says Lee statue must go as debate over U.S. slave past rages
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – The mayor of Charlottesville called on Friday for a special session of Virginia’s legislature to let localities decide the fate of Confederate monuments like the statue at the center of a far-right rally last week that turned …
Trump’s attacks could leave him friendless if impeachment comes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has stepped up his attacks on Republican senators, an approach he may regret if he is someday impeached and the Senate has to weigh charges against him stemming from an investigation into Russian meddling i…
U.S. digital rights group slams tech firms for barring neo-Nazis
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A digital rights group based in San Francisco on Thursday criticized several internet companies for removing neo-Nazi groups from servers and services, saying the actions were “dangerous” and threatened free expression online….
Montana wildfire triggers hundreds of evacuations
(Reuters) – A lightning-sparked wildfire burning for more than a month in western Montana has flared anew, prompting the evacuation of nearly 750 homes on Thursday as firefighters braced for more hot and windy weather forecast for the weekend, authorit…
NFL player charged with beating sister’s boyfriend
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An Oakland Raiders cornerback who prosecutors say beat and stomped on his sister’s boyfriend was charged on Thursday with assault and battery.
U.S. rights group rethinks defending hate groups protesting with guns
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union will no longer defend hate groups seeking to march with firearms, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, a policy change that comes on the heels of protests by white nationalists and counter-protest…
O.J. Simpson LA exhibit shows memorabilia as art
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – More than 20 years after the so-called Trial of the Century, an art exhibit examines the public’s enduring fascination with former footballer O.J. Simpson through memorabilia that circulated during his sensational arrest and murder trial.
Arkansas gets new batch of lethal injection drug, seeks execution date
(Reuters) – Arkansas has acquired a new batch of a drug it uses in lethal injections, prompting the state’s attorney general on Thursday to request an execution date for an inmate first sentenced to death 24 years ago, a prisons official said.
Filmmaker Michael Moore says Trump will ‘get us all killed’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is trading screen time for the stage in a one-man show now on Broadway that is a call to action over the current state of U.S. politics.
