N.Y. man pleads not guilty to killings of imam, associate
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges that he shot dead a Muslim cleric and his associate last month on the street after they left a mosque in Queens, prosecutors said.
Obama visits Midway Atoll, a symbol of his climate, Asia legacy
HONOLULU (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday was set to visit Midway Atoll, the remote coral reef that serves as a reminder of both modern global climate challenges and the dominance the United States has held in the Pacific since its World …
White nationalists use Twitter with ‘relative impunity’: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White nationalists and self-identified Nazi sympathizers located mostly in the United States use Twitter with “relative impunity” and often have far more followers than militant Islamists, a study being released on Thursday found.
Romanian hacker ‘Guccifer’ sentenced to 52 months in U.S. prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Romanian hacker nicknamed “Guccifer” who helped expose the existence of a private email domain Hillary Clinton used when she was U.S. secretary of state was sentenced on Thursday to 52 months in prison by a federal court in Ale…
Stanford sex assault case spurs get-tough rape proposals
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner will be released on Friday after serving three months for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman near a fraternity party, a sentence that has ignited fierce debate over th…
TS Hermine heading toward Florida coast, likely to become hurricane: NHC
(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Hermine was heading toward the northern Florida coast on Thursday and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by the time it hits land, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Ex-Air China worker charged by U.S. for smuggling for Chinese military
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An ex-Air China Ltd employee was indicted on Wednesday for smuggling packages onto flights from New York to China on behalf of Chinese military personnel stationed at the country’s U.N. mission, U.S. prosecutors said.
Two American climbers missing in northern Pakistan: Alpine Club
KARACHI (Reuters) – Two American climbers have gone missing in Pakistan while attempting to climb a mountain, and bad weather was preventing a rescue, the Alpine Club of Pakistan said on Thursday.
Madeline weakens to tropical storm as nears Hawaii; Hermine approaches Florida
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Hurricane Madeline weakened to a tropical storm on Wednesday as it advanced toward Hawaii’s Big Island, while a hurricane warning was issued for another storm approaching the Gulf Coast of Florida, where the governor has…
Georgia grand jury charges white ex-policeman with murdering black man
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A white former Atlanta police officer was indicted for murder and other charges by a grand jury on Wednesday in the shooting death of an unarmed black man in June, the former officer’s attorney said.
