Trump supporters, opponents clash in California park
BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) – A melee erupted on Saturday in a Berkeley, California park where supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump were holding competing rallies, resulting in at least 20 arrests as police struggled to keep the two camps…
Child crushed to death in accident at Atlanta revolving restaurant
(Reuters) – A 5-year-old boy sustained fatal injuries at a rotating restaurant atop a skyscraper in downtown Atlanta when his head became lodged between a stationary wall and a table affixed to the slow-moving floor, officials said on Saturday.
Former NFLer Heap kills daughter in accident in Arizona: media
(Reuters) – Former NFL star player Todd Heap hit and killed his 3-year-old daughter on Friday while he was moving his truck in his driveway at his Arizona home, media reported.
As millions watch via webcam, giraffe gives birth in NY zoo
NEW YORK (Reuters) – After weeks of suspense, April the giraffe finally gave birth on Saturday to a baby boy, delighting of hundreds of thousands of people who have been monitoring a live cam feed from a New York zoo in anticipation of the long-overdue…
Thousands at rallies demand Trump release tax returns
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people marched through midtown Manhattan and dozens of U.S. cities on Saturday to demand that President Donald Trump release his tax returns and to dispute his claim that the public does not care abo…
Former NFLer Heap kills daughter in accident in Arizona: media
(Reuters) – Former NFL star player Todd Heap hit and killed his 3-year-old daughter on Friday while he was moving his truck in his driveway at his Arizona home, media reported.
Auburn University cancels speech by avowed white nationalist
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alabama’s Auburn University on Friday canceled a campus speech by Richard Spencer, a white U.S. nationalist best known for drawing Nazi-like salutes at a party to celebrate President Donald Trump’s election last year, citing safety…
U.S. judge puts hold on Arkansas plan for successive executions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked plans by Arkansas to carry out a rapid series of executions this month, after the inmates argued the state’s rush to the death chamber was unconstitutional and reckless.
California mosque led by women opens doors to all
BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) – The second mosque in the United States led solely by women held its inaugural service in California on Friday, but unlike a Los Angeles congregation that opened two years ago, the new female-led Muslim house of worship in B…
Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez cleared of 2012 double murder
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Boston jury on Friday found former New England Patriots football star Aaron Hernandez not guilty of murdering two men outside a Boston nightclub in 2012, following what prosecutors described as a dispute that began over a spilled d…
