Firefighters largely control California blaze as other fire threatens historic mansion
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Firefighters had a Southern California wildfire mostly surrounded on Saturday, allowing thousands of evacuated residents to return to their houses as another fire further north moved perilously close to the historic Hearst Castl…
Thirteen people wounded in shooting at Connecticut house party
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Thirteen people were shot and wounded when at least two shooters fired into a house party from a neighboring backyard in Bridgeport, Connecticut, early on Sunday, local police said.
Texas appeals court halts execution of man who did not kill anyone
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday halted an execution planned for next week of a man convicted as an accomplice to a murder he did not commit in a case that raised questions about how the state applies the death pe…
New law cuts English language requirement for NYC cab drivers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The average New York City taxi driver may still be sassy, but will not be required to speak English any longer.
Debris piles mark the start of long road to recovery in flooded Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – Renee Deal still hopes to salvage the wedding photo album placed out to dry on Saturday in the carport of her flood-ravaged house in southern Louisiana.
Ex-U.S. Navy SEAL author agrees to pay $6.8 million to government: NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. Navy SEAL who wrote a book about the daring operation on Osama Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan has agreed to forfeit $6.8 million in book royalties and speaking fees, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing f…
Zika spreads to Miami Beach, U.S. expands travel warning
MIAMI/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Federal health officials on Friday warned pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirmed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was active in the popular tourist destination.
Conservatives split over U.S. land transfers to Western states
ELLIOTT STATE FOREST, Ore. (Reuters) – Every time Dean Finnerty sees the locked neon-yellow gate and “No Trespassing” sign deep in Oregon’s Elliott State Forest, he bristles at the growing movement to transfer federally owned land to U.S. states.
U.S. judge seeks criminal contempt charges against Arizona sheriff
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A federal judge recommended on Friday that prosecutors bring criminal contempt charges against Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, finding that the controversial sheriff had violated court orders stemming from a 2007 racial profiling case.
Democrats fear hackers targeted tight Florida races for latest data leaks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leading Democrats are growing increasingly worried that the hackers who made public leaked documents this week were trying to sabotage the Democratic candidates in several central Florida congressional races, the first time such…
