Alive but still reeling one year after Florida nightclub shooting
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Kaliesha Andino has spent the last year running from gunshots. At night, she flashes back to her hiding spot behind a bar in a Florida nightclub, where a bullet ripped through her arm during the deadliest mass shooting in mode…
Cosby gave sedatives to young women, jurors hear at sex assault trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Jurors at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial on Friday saw the entertainer’s own sworn statements that he gave young women sedatives before engaging in sexual activity with them.
Sheriff deputy in Texas, husband faces murder charges in choke death
(Reuters) – A sheriff deputy in the Houston area and her husband were indicted on Thursday with the choking death of a 24-year-old man during a fight outside a Denny’s restaurant last month, a prosecutor said.
Firms see big bucks in upgrade of U.S. air traffic control system
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Inside the control tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport, air traffic controllers can track planes traveling hundreds of miles away.
Montana congressman-elect to be sentenced for altercation with reporter
(Reuters) – Montana Republican congressman-elect Greg Gianforte is expected next week to enter a plea of no contest or a plea of guilty to misdemeanor assault after he was accused of attacking a reporter on the eve of his election, a prosecutor said on…
U.S. contractor pleads not guilty to leaking classified information: CNN
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Reuters) – A U.S. intelligence contractor pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a charge of leaking a classified report on Russian election interference to a media outlet, CNN reported.
One dead, nearly two dozen injured after bus crash near Atlanta
(Reuters) – One person was killed and nearly two dozen injured on Thursday when a bus carrying an Alabama church youth group overturned on a major road southwest of Atlanta, police said.
Two charged in U.S. with providing material support to Hezbollah
(Reuters) – Two men have been arrested and charged by U.S. prosecutors with scouting potential targets and providing material support to the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which has been designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.
5.3-magnitude quake shakes big island of Hawaii: USGS
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 5.3-magnitude earthquake shook the Big Island of Hawaii on Thursday, near the Kilauea Volcano, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Chimps are not people, cannot be freed from custody: New York court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chimpanzees do not deserve the same rights as people, a New York state appeals court unanimously concluded on Thursday, as it refused to order the release of two of the animals to a primate sanctuary.
