Gunmen kill one, wound eight at Ohio maternity party
(Reuters) – Two gunmen killed a woman at an Ohio maternity party and wounded eight others, including children and a pregnant woman who lost her fetus in the melee, local media reported on Sunday.
Wildfire in California canyons spreads overnight
(Reuters) – A fast-moving wildfire burned overnight through thousands more acres of steep terrain near California’s central coast, officials said on Sunday, as high temperatures and parched vegetation fueled dozens of blazes in the U.S. West and Southw…
Power restored to thousands in Los Angeles after fire
(Reuters) – Power was restored to tens of thousands of residents in Los Angeles on Sunday after a fire damaged an electricity receiving station during a heat wave the previous day, authorities said.
Klan members rally against removal of General Lee statue in Virginia
(Reuters) – A few dozen Ku Klux Klan members and supporters shouted “white power” at a rally on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia where they protested against a city council decision to remove a statute honoring Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
California wildfire forces evacuations as blazes hit U.S
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate from a fast-moving wildfire burning through steep terrain near California’s central coast on Saturday, after searing temperatures and parched land fueled dozens of blazes in the U.S. W…
Man fought to open hatch during China-bound flight from Seattle: FBI
(Reuters) – A Delta Air Lines passenger was charged on Friday with instigating a mid-air brawl with flight attendants and other passengers who fought desperately to restrain him as he tried opening the exit door of a plane bound from Seattle to China.
Florida police say Venus Williams entered intersection lawfully before crash
(Reuters) – Florida police said on Friday that a newly surfaced video shows that tennis star Venus Williams was acting lawfully when she drove her sports utility vehicle into an intersection before a fatal crash with another car on June 9.
Facebook to build housing in Silicon Valley for first time
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The shortage of housing in California’s Silicon Valley has gotten so severe that Facebook Inc on Friday proposed taking homebuilding into its own hands for the first time with a plan to construct 1,500 units near its headquart…
Supreme Court lifts block on Wisconsin ‘cocaine mom’ law during appeal
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday let Wisconsin officials continue to enforce a law allowing them to detain pregnant women suspected of abusing drugs or alcohol while the state appeals a lower court ruling that struck down the law.
Drone likely aided South Carolina prisoner’s escape: officials
(Reuters) – An inmate used wirecutters and a cell phone likely delivered by a drone to escape from a South Carolina maximum security prison this week before being captured in Texas on Friday with guns and more than $47,000 in cash, authorities said.
