Washington Post, NY Times win Pulitzers for work on Trump, Putin
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Pulitzer Prizes on Monday honored The Washington Post for hard-hitting reporting on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and The New York Times for revealing Vladimir Putin’s covert power grab, praising their probing of powerfu…
Pentagon seeks at least 5 pct savings on Lockheed F-35 jet, sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin Corp could shave at least 5 percent off the price of stealthy F-35 fighter jets in their upcoming annual purchase contract as the standard version of the plane heads toward a price of below $80 mi…
Illinois judge fatally shot outside Chicago home: police
CHICAGO (Reuters) – An Illinois judge was shot and killed outside his Chicago home on Monday morning and a woman was injured in the incident, police said.
Trump to meet U.S. business leaders on infrastructure, tax reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with about 20 chief executives on Tuesday as he works to gain support for a $1 trillion infrastructure program, tax reform and other administration priorities, said White House spokesman Sean…
Symantec attributes 40 cyber attacks to CIA-linked hacking tools
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Past cyber attacks on scores of organizations around the world were conducted with top-secret hacking tools that were exposed recently by the Web publisher Wikileaks, the security researcher Symantec Corp said on Monday.
Talks for Alabama governor to resign under way – lawmaker
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) – Talks that could lead to Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s resignation were under way on Monday, as a legislative panel began impeachment proceedings on accusations stemming from his relationship with a former adviser, a st…
Charleston church shooter pleads guilty to state murder counts
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Dylann Roof, the white supremacist already sentenced to death in federal court for a 2015 massacre at a historic black church in South Carolina, pleaded guilty on Monday to separate state murder charges, sparing relatives o…
Search continues for armed Wisconsin man who sent Trump a manifesto
(Reuters) – Police searching for a Wisconsin man considered armed and dangerous stepped up patrols on Sunday at churches near his home because of anti-religious views expressed in a manifesto he sent to U.S. President Donald Trump, officials said.
Fox to investigate sexual harassment claim against O’Reilly
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fox News parent Twenty-First Century Fox Inc said on Sunday it will investigate a sexual harassment claim against TV anchor Bill O’Reilly, who has seen several companies pull their ads from his top-rated news show in the past week….
Second victim dies in Florida fitness center shooting
(Reuters) – A second victim has died after a disgruntled fitness instructor opened fire on his former coworkers inside an upscale gym outside Miami before shooting himself, police said on Sunday.
