Navy man arrested in San Diego crash that killed four, injured nine
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy serviceman was under arrest on Sunday after a pickup truck he was driving while intoxicated hurtled off a ramp leading to San Diego’s Coronado Bridge and killed four people at a motorcycle rally and festival in a park …
LPGA happy to let USGA make Trump course decision
INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – LPGA chief Mike Whan says the Tour will back golf authorities no matter what decision they make about hosting the 2017 US Women’s Open at a course owned by presidential nominee Donald Trump amid a storm over sexually ag…
Death toll from Hurricane Matthew climbs to 26 in North Carolina
(Reuters) – The death toll from Hurricane Matthew has risen to 26 in North Carolina, with two more bodies recovered as some flood waters recede, Governor Pat McCrory said on Saturday.
U.S. aid worker kidnapped in Niger, taken toward Mali
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Gunmen raided the house of a U.S. aid worker in central Niger on Friday night, killing his guard and housekeeper before driving him across the desert toward Mali, the interior ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
Three dead, dozen wounded in shooting at Los Angeles party
(Reuters) – Three people were killed and a dozen wounded in Los Angeles early on Saturday after an argument at a party resulted in gunfire, a police spokesman said on Saturday.
Northwest braces for high winds after rare Oregon twisters
(Reuters) – The U.S. Northwest was bracing for hurricane-force winds and heavy rain as the remnants of a typhoon move onshore on Saturday, a day after rare tornadoes clobbered the Oregon coast.
Two men charged with hate crime in attack on Sikh in California
(Reuters) – Two men who are accused of attacking a Sikh man in California by punching him, knocking off his turban and cutting his hair were charged on Friday with assault as a hate crime, according to local media.
U.S. Navy investigator sentenced to 12 years in bribery case
(Reuters) – A former Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) agent was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in federal prison for leaking information to a defense contractor in exchange for cash, luxury travel and the services of prostitutes, the U.S. J…
North Carolina Democrats win extension of voter registration deadline
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A state judge in North Carolina gave residents in counties hit hard by Hurricane Matthew five extra days to register to vote after Democrats sued to get an extension to Friday’s deadline, while a federal judge ordered an…
Obama eases restrictions on Cuba, lifts limits on rum and cigars
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – Americans traveling to Cuba will be allowed to bring home more of the communist-ruled island’s coveted cigars and rum under new measures announced by the U.S. government on Friday to further ease trade, travel and financia…
