Trump, Clinton tension seeps into jokes at annual charity dinner
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. presidential campaign tensions seeped into a high-profile charity dinner on Thursday as Donald Trump joked about sending Hillary Clinton to prison and she alluded to Trump’s statements about women by estimating how he might rate the Statue of Liberty’s attractiveness a four, maybe a five.
Activists rally on anniversary of Chicago teen’s killing
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Around 200 activists and supporters gathered outside Chicago’s police headquarters on Thursday to voice support for proposed recall legislation that targets elected officials and is inspired by the fatal shooting a black teenager by…
Journalism group wants charges dropped against pipeline protest filmmakers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A press freedom group on Thursday urged prosecutors in two states to drop charges against three documentary filmmakers who were arrested while filming activists as they sought to shut down major oil pipelines from Canada to the …
Rats! New Yorker charged with vermin control scam
NEW YORK (Reuters) – There are a lot of vermin in New York City, but this time some people didn’t smell the rat.
Arizona inmate, wife indicted in plot to bomb state prison
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona inmate and his wife have been indicted on terrorism and conspiracy charges in connection with a plot to build and explode a homemade bomb inside a state prison, court documents made public on Thursday showed.
U.S. confirms 11th death linked to faulty Takata air bag inflator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. safety regulators confirmed late Thursday an 11th death in the United States caused by a ruptured Takata Corp air bag inflator, the latest fatality tied to the largest ever auto safety recall.
Long-time Arizona sheriff Arpaio trails in re-election bid: poll
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Embattled Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, whose get-tough policies to fight illegal immigration and praise of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump brought him nationwide attention, trails his opponent in this year’s election by…
Mexico stops truck with 121 Central American migrants bound for U.S.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Immigration authorities in southern Mexico stopped a truck carrying 121 Central American migrants with signs of asphyxiation and dehydration, the National Migration Institute said in a statement on Thursday.
Kentucky court strikes down Louisville’s minimum wage hike
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – Kentucky’s Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Louisville law mandating that the city’s local businesses pay their workers at a higher level than the state’s minimum wage.
Wisconsin man pleads guilty to supporting Islamic State
(Reuters) – A Wisconsin man who had traveled to Turkey and Syria in 2014 to join the Islamic State militant group has pleaded guilty of attempting to support to a terrorist organization, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
