U.S. militia girds for trouble as presidential election nears
JACKSON, Ga. (Reuters) – Down a Georgia country road, camouflaged members of the Three Percent Security Force have mobilized for rifle practice, hand-to-hand combat training — and an impromptu campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Donal…
Gun control groups spend millions on state ballot initiatives
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gun safety advocates are pouring tens of millions of dollars into Maine and Nevada to support ballot initiatives that would mandate background checks for gun sales in an effort to clinch state-level victories after years of failed …
U.S. airlines expect busier travel this Thanksgiving
(Reuters) – More travelers will fly on U.S. airlines around the Thanksgiving holiday this year than last, a trade group said on Wednesday.
Small earthquake rocks northern Oklahoma
(Reuters) – A small earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 rattled parts of northern Oklahoma on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Colonial may open key U.S. gasoline line by Saturday after fatal blast
(Reuters) – A major gasoline pipeline that is a crucial supply source for the U.S. East Coast could reopen as early as Saturday after an explosion in Alabama killed one worker and injured five others, Colonial Pipeline Co [COLPI.UL] said on Tuesday.
Tribe prepares to keep up pipeline protest through North Dakota winter
(Reuters) – The head of a Native American tribe that has led months of demonstrations against the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota said on Tuesday the group would keep up its protests through the state’s bitter winter.
New York banana importer wins reversal of assault conviction
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Long Island banana importer on Tuesday won the reversal of his conviction for assaulting his girlfriend, a decision his lawyer said could impact lengthy federal prison sentences he is serving in two other cases.
Wife of Orlando mass murderer denies advance knowledge of attack
(Reuters) – The wife of the gunman who shot 49 people to death at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, knew he had been watching jihadist videos but was unaware he planned to commit mass murder, she said in a New York Times interview published on Tuesd…
Woman appears in Manhattan court on charges of extortion against Eliot Spitzer
(Reuters) – A woman appeared in court on Tuesday to face extortion charges in a scheme that brought her nearly $400,000 in payments from former New York state Governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned in a 2008 prostitution scandal, prosecutors said.
Cosby lawyers seek to bar his testimony from sexual assault trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Bill Cosby’s lawyers asked a Pennsylvania state judge on Tuesday to prevent jurors at his sexual assault trial from hearing potentially damaging testimony he gave under oath in 2005.
