Oregon college shooter wrote of kinship with mass killers in manifesto
(Reuters) – A gunman who fatally shot nine people at an Oregon college in 2015 wrote of his demonic views and how he shared a bond with other mass killers, documents released by authorities showed on Friday.
Virginia halts use of voting machines considered vulnerable to hacking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Virginia on Friday agreed to stop using paperless touchscreen voting machines that had been flagged by cyber security experts as potentially vulnerable to hackers and lacking sufficient vote auditing capabilities.
Martin Shkreli seeks to overturn part of his conviction
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli on Friday asked a judge to throw out part of his criminal conviction, a day after prosecutors sought to have him jailed until his sentencing.
Irma lashes Bahamas, Cuba on a path toward Florida
HAVANA (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma lashed Cuba and the Bahamas as it drove toward Florida on Friday after hitting the eastern Caribbean with its devastatingly high winds, killing 21 people and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake.
‘Dreamers’ left confused about fine points of immigration program’s end
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Days after President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, Mayara Pena still has a lot of unanswered questions. One of them is about her cars.
Additional inspectors sent to Florida’s nuclear plants ahead of Irma: NRC
(Reuters) – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Friday it has dispatched additional inspectors to the Turkey Point and St. Lucie nuclear plants in Florida in preparation for the effects of hurricane Irma on those sites.
Miami hospitals prepare for surge in births during Hurricane Irma
(Reuters) – While many Miami hospitals are shutting down as Hurricane Irma bears down on Florida, some are offering shelter to their pregnant patients, bracing for the increase in births that often accompanies these large storms.
Fate of Kentucky’s last abortion clinic goes to judge
(Reuters) – The fate of Kentucky’s last remaining abortion clinic is in the hands of a federal judge following a three-day trial that could make it the first U.S. state without a single clinic.
Irma lashes Bahamas and Cuba on a path toward Florida
HAVANA (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma lashed Cuba and the Bahamas as it drove toward Florida on Friday after hitting the eastern Caribbean with its devastatingly high winds, killing 21 people and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake.
Four die in North Carolina medical helicopter crash: reports
(Reuters) – A medical helicopter crashed in eastern North Carolina on Friday, killing four people, police and local media said.
