Warnings issued for Florida as Hurricane Matthew turns from Cuba
(Reuters) – Southeastern Florida was under hurricane and tropical storm warnings on Wednesday as the eye of powerful Hurricane Matthew moved off of the northeastern coast of Cuba, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.
Two young girls shot in Cleveland drive-by shooting: media
(Reuters) – Two young girls were wounded inside a house in a drive-by shooting on the west side of Cleveland on Tuesday, local media reported.
Puerto Rico oversight board’s success may hinge on the ballot box
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A forthcoming financial turnaround plan for Puerto Rico, which the territory’s oversight board wants on its desk in nine days, will probably change after the island’s November election. For the board, it could be a welcome scenario…
South Carolina governor orders evacuation ahead of hurricane
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley declared a state of emergency on Tuesday and ordered an evacuation of more than a million people in coastal areas starting Wednesday afternoon in anticipation of Hurricane Matthew.
Same-day voter registration temporarily reinstated in Illinois
(Reuters) – An Illinois law allowing voters in highly populated areas to register to vote at polling places on election day was reinstated on Tuesday by a federal court, pending an appeal of a ruling declaring the statute unfair to people in smaller co…
Grim murder scene described in California ‘furry’ murder case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police investigating 911 calls from a home linked to Southern California’s “furry” dress-up community found two young girls standing on the front porch, three slain bodies inside and a blood-spattered dog, court papers on Tuesda…
Transgender voters may face problems voting in U.S. election, activists say
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Up to 34,000 transgender people in the United States could face problems voting in next month’s election because their ID cards do not match their gender, advocacy groups said, urging them to use a postal vote to…
Georgia boy’s death in hot car was accident, not dad’s intent: lawyer
(Reuters) – A Georgia man accidentally left his toddler son to die in a hot car in 2014 but did not kill him intentionally in order to pursue online sex as prosecutors contend, his defense lawyer argued at trial on Tuesday.
NJ train crash investigators recover data, video recorders
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investigators looking into what caused last week’s fatal New Jersey Transit train crash at Hoboken Terminal have recovered the data and video recorders from the lead car, officials said on Tuesday.
Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down restrictive abortion law
(Reuters) – Oklahoma’s highest court on Tuesday struck down a law imposing restrictions on abortion providers, including a requirement that they take samples of fetal tissue from patients younger than 14 and preserve them for state investigators.
