Woman kissed by sailor in famed photo at World War Two’s end dies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Greta Friedman, the woman in white kissed by a sailor in New York’s Times Square in a photograph symbolizing the end of World War Two, has died at age 92, media reports said on Saturday.
Security firm that employed Orlando club killer fined for inaccurate forms
(Reuters) – The security company that employed Omar Mateen, the man who in June killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was fined $151,400 for providing inaccurate psychological testing information on forms that allowed employees to ca…
U.S. returns to 1 World Trade Center 15 years after attacks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. federal government on Friday marked its return to the rebuilt 1 World Trade Center, moving its New York City offices back to Lower Manhattan 15 years after the Sept. 11 attacks that had reduced the site to rubble.
Report details horror, heroism during San Bernardino shooting
(Reuters) – A report into last year’s shooting rampage by a husband and wife in San Bernardino, California, reveals how three county workers battled to stop the shooters as they sprayed bullets into a conference room full of their colleagues.
Homeowners sue California’s Fresno, saying lead in water supply
(Reuters) – Five homeowners filed a lawsuit against Fresno, California on Friday, accusing the city of letting dangerous levels of lead and other toxins into the water supply and failing to alert the public of the potential danger, local media reported…
Images of allegedly overdosed couple in Ohio with boy in car go viral
(Reuters) – Pictures taken by a small-town Ohio police department showing a couple allegedly overdosed on heroin in their car, the woman’s son ignored in the back, circulated widely on social media on Friday as evidence of an epidemic in use of the dru…
Appeals Court blocks Kansas, Alabama, Georgia on voter ID rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday blocked an effort by Alabama, Georgia and Kansas for voters to furnish proof of citizenship when registering at the polls, which opponents say disenfranchises voters, especially minorities.
California nears adoption of energy-saving rules for computers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California regulators moved a step closer on Friday to the first mandatory U.S. energy efficiency standards for computers and monitors, gadgets that account for 3 percent of home electric bills and 7 percent of commercial power …
After protests, U.S. halts North Dakota pipeline near tribal lands
WASHINGTON/BISMARCK, North Dakota (Reuters) – The Obama administration stepped into a dispute on Friday over a planned oil pipeline in North Dakota that has angered Native Americans, appealing for calm while blocking construction on federal land and as…
Chelsea Manning announces hunger strike over treatment in prison
(Reuters) – U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning, serving a 35-year prison term for passing classified files to WikiLeaks, said on Friday that she would refuse to eat until given help for her gender dysphoria and “treated with dignity, respect and humanity” by…
