Widow of nightclub gunman pleads not guilty in Florida court
(Reuters) – The widow of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to aiding her husband in the June 2016 killings.
Wall Street’s ‘Charging Bull’ artist challenges ‘Fearless Girl’ sculpture
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The sculptor of Wall Street’s “Charging Bull” statue is seeing red over New York City’s decision to keep in place the “Fearless Girl” sculpture that now stares it down, saying the adjacent art has changed the meaning of his work an…
Spicer says he let Trump down with comments comparing Assad and Hitler
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House spokesman Sean Spicer said on Wednesday he had let down President Donald Trump with his “inexcusable and reprehensible” comments comparing the use of poison gas by Syria’s president to the atrocities of Adolf Hitler.
Argentina’s Macri to visit Trump on April 27 – White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Argentina’s president Mauricio Macri will visit Washington on April 27 and will discuss with President Donald Trump the situation in Venezuela and other issues, the White House said on Wednesday.
United passenger launches legal action over forceful removal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for the passenger dragged from a United Airlines plane in Chicago filed an emergency request with an Illinois state court on Wednesday to require the carrier to preserve video recordings and other evidence related to the in…
UK’s Daily Mail to pay Melania Trump damages over modeling claims
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Daily Mail agreed on Wednesday to pay Melania Trump an undisclosed sum and issue an apology after it published an article saying the U.S. First Lady had offered “services beyond simply modeling” in her former job.
Rolling Stone, University of Virginia admin agree to end defamation case
(Reuters) – Rolling Stone magazine and the administrator at the University of Virginia have reached an agreement which ends a defamation case over the publication’s retracted story about an alleged gang rape at the school, court documents filed on Tues…
Musician J. Geils, dies at Massachusetts home: police
NEW YORK (Reuters) – J. Geils, leader of The J. Geils Band whose hard-driving hits of the late 1970s and early 1980s included “Centerfold,” “Freeze Frame” and “Love Stinks,” died on Tuesday at his home in Groton, Massachusetts, police said. He was 71.
United Airlines faces mounting pressure over hospitalized passenger
(Reuters) – United Airlines and its chief executive faced mounting pressure on Tuesday from a worldwide backlash over its treatment of a passenger who was dragged from his seat on a plane on Sunday to make room for four employees on the overbooked flig…
Detained immigrants launch hunger strike in Washington state
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Hundreds of detainees at an immigration holding center in Washington state began refusing meals in a hunger strike to protest conditions at the facility and delayed immigration hearings, activists said on Tuesday.
