Penn State denies retaliation against witness in Sandusky case
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Mike McQueary lost his job on Penn State’s football staff due to his own shortcomings and public revulsion that he failed to stop former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky from molesting a boy and not in retaliation for testifyi…
Florida man gets 20 years for shooting at George Zimmerman
(Reuters) – A Florida man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday for shooting at George Zimmerman, who had shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 in a case that garnered national attention, prosecutors said.
U.S. motor travel increased 3.4 percent in August: DOT
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Motorists logged 284.9 billion miles on U.S. roads in August, the most ever for the month and a 3.4 percent increase over the previous year, according to data released on Monday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Memorial for deadly Rhode Island nightclub fire hits $2 million goal
BOSTON (Reuters) – The organization planning a park to commemorate the death of 100 people in a deadly fire at a Rhode Island nightclub in 2003 said on Monday that it had reached its $2 million fundraising goal, allowing construction of the memorial to…
Turkish gold trader loses bid to dismiss U.S. sanctions case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday rejected a Turkish gold trader’s bid to dismiss an indictment accusing him of conspiring to conduct hundreds of millions of dollars in transactions for the Iranian government and other entities in order to ev…
Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay’s teen daughter killed in Kentucky crossfire
(Reuters) – The 15-year-old daughter of U.S. Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay died on Sunday after being caught in an exchange of gunfire between two vehicles outside of a Kentucky restaurant, police said.
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.
