Twenty percent chance of cyclone off Leeward Islands: U.S. hurricane center
(Reuters) – A weather formation about 1,700 miles (2,740 km) east-southeast of the Leeward Islands has a 20 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Thursday.
University of Louisville president resigns amid FBI, NCAA probes
LOUISVILLE (Reuters) – The University of Louisville’s Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of the school’s president, officials said on Thursday, amid investigations by the FBI and NCAA.
Attorney general to attend vigil honoring police in Baton Rouge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch will travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Thursday and Friday to attend a vigil honoring fallen police officers and meet with community leaders, the Justice Department said.
Berkshire’s Duracell to close South Carolina plant, affecting 430 workers
(Reuters) – Duracell said it plans to close a battery-making plant in South Carolina that employs 430 people, making the announcement fewer than five months after being acquired by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Reagan’s would-be assassin now Virginia suburb’s infamous new resident
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (Reuters) – Joe Mann has lived in the exclusive Kingsmill gated community in Williamsburg, Virginia, for more than 30 years and he’s not shy about voicing his opinion when it comes to his newest neighbor: would-be presidential assassi…
No winners in U.S. Powerball, jackpot grows to $478 million
(Reuters) – No one won the multi-state Powerball jackpot on Wednesday, pushing the grand prize to $478 million, the fifth largest in the game’s history and the eighth-biggest lottery prize ever in the United States, officials said.
WikiLeaks releases hacked Democratic National Committee audio files
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks released files on Wednesday of what it said were audio recordings pulled from the emails of the Democratic National Committee that were obtained by hacking its servers.
Firefighters battle California wildfires, bulldozer operator dies
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Crews hoping to contain a deadly wildfire burning in rugged, drought-stricken terrain north of Los Angeles made steady progress on Wednesday, after a bulldozer operator fighting a smaller blaze in central California died when th…
Florida teenager arrested for threatening to kill police: media
(Reuters) – A Florida teenager accused of threatening to kill police was arrested in New York City on Wednesday, national media reported.
President Reagan’s would-be killer Hinckley to go free
(Reuters) – John Hinckley Jr., who wounded U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt prompted by a deranged obsession with actress Jodie Foster, can be freed from a psychiatric hospital to live with his mother,…
