Republican office in North Carolina hit with flammable material: authorities
(Reuters) – The local Republican Party headquarters in Orange County, North Carolina, was struck overnight with a flammable material thrown through a front window of the building, local authorities said in a statement on Sunday.
North Carolina estimates $1.5 billion in hurricane damage to buildings
(Reuters) – North Carolina emergency officials have estimated that the destructive and deadly Hurricane Matthew caused $1.5 billion worth of damage to more than 100,000 homes, businesses and government buildings in the state.
Shell faces possible Dutch lawsuit over Nigerian activist’s execution
LONDON (Reuters) – The widow of a Nigerian activist is planning to sue Royal Dutch Shell in the Dutch courts alleging the oil company was complicit in the execution of her husband by the Nigerian military in 1995, court documents filed in the United S…
Wildfire burns 22 homes in Nevada
(Reuters) – A wildfire fanned by high winds destroyed 22 homes in a wooded area of northern Nevada on Friday, among them a mountain property belonging to the owner of a famous brothel in the state.
Wheels of justice barely turn at Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – War crimes trials at Guantanamo Bay for suspects accused of attacks against the United States have ground to a near halt a decade after the military courts’ creation, with lawyers warning that some detainees could spend many more…
Navy man arrested in San Diego crash that killed four, injured nine
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy serviceman was under arrest on Sunday after a pickup truck he was driving while intoxicated hurtled off a ramp leading to San Diego’s Coronado Bridge and killed four people at a motorcycle rally and festival in a park …
LPGA happy to let USGA make Trump course decision
INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – LPGA chief Mike Whan says the Tour will back golf authorities no matter what decision they make about hosting the 2017 US Women’s Open at a course owned by presidential nominee Donald Trump amid a storm over sexually ag…
Death toll from Hurricane Matthew climbs to 26 in North Carolina
(Reuters) – The death toll from Hurricane Matthew has risen to 26 in North Carolina, with two more bodies recovered as some flood waters recede, Governor Pat McCrory said on Saturday.
U.S. aid worker kidnapped in Niger, taken toward Mali
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Gunmen raided the house of a U.S. aid worker in central Niger on Friday night, killing his guard and housekeeper before driving him across the desert toward Mali, the interior ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
Three dead, dozen wounded in shooting at Los Angeles party
(Reuters) – Three people were killed and a dozen wounded in Los Angeles early on Saturday after an argument at a party resulted in gunfire, a police spokesman said on Saturday.
