Three dead, one wounded in shootings in central Maine
(Reuters) – Three people were killed and a fourth wounded on Wednesday in a series of shootings in central Maine, according to State Police, who said that officers shot and killed the suspected gunman.
U.S. soldier dies in Afghanistan after attack: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 19-year-old American soldier has died in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province from wounds received in an attack, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
U.S. officials to check Emirates, Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines comply with new security measures
DUBAI (Reuters) – U.S. transport officials will visit Emirates, Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines on Wednesday to check that the carriers have implemented the latest U.S. security measures, a spokesman for the U.S. Transportation Security Administrati…
Groups see climate science review as chance to undercut regulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will soon begin a review that will question the veracity of the climate change science used by President Barack Obama’s administration as the basis for environmental regulations.
Three dead in crash after car flees Savannah shooting
(Reuters) – A shooting after a Fourth of July street festival in Savannah, Georgia, led to a police chase and crash that left three people dead early on Wednesday, and a suspect has been charged with felony murder, law enforcement officials said.
New York police officer ‘assassinated’ by gunman: official
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City police officer was shot dead early on Wednesday morning by a gunman who was killed by police as he ran from the scene, an attack the city’s top police official called an assassination.
Emirates, Turkish Airlines say laptop ban lifted on U.S. flights
DUBAI/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The United States has lifted the in-cabin ban on laptops and other large electronic devices on U.S.-bound flights from Dubai and Istanbul, Emirates [EMIRA.UL] and Turkish Airlines said on Wednesday.
Minnesota judge backs jurors who acquitted officer of black motorist’s death
(Reuters) – The jurors whose acquittal of a Minnesota police officer in the fatal shooting of a black motorist sparked public protests received a message of support from the judge who presided over the case, the Star Tribune of Minneapolis reported on …
U.S. prosecutors ask judge to silence Shkreli during trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors on Monday asked a U.S. judge for a gag order muzzling former drug company executive Martin Shkreli, on trial for securities fraud charges, arguing that his statements to media could taint the jury and disrupt th…
Illinois House to take up governor’s budget, tax vetoes
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The fate of a spending plan and tax hike aimed at ending Illinois’ unprecedented two-year budget impasse moved on Tuesday to the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, which will seek to enact the legislation by overriding …
