U.S. attorney general: Florida shooting ‘act of terror, act of hate’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Sunday that last week’s shooting massacre in Orlando, Florida, was “an act of terror and an act of hate”, but she declined to divulge what charges may be filed or who may be charged in …
Immigration, abortion, race rulings due at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is heading into its home stretch, with major rulings due by the end of the month on President Barack Obama’s unilateral immigration plan, racial preferences in university admissions and a restrictive Texas …
Tension at funerals for Orlando victims with protest, irate driver
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Funerals for two of the 49 victims killed in the shooting at a nightclub in Florida were marked by tense scenes on Saturday, as an impatient driver was accused of injuring two law enforcement officers and one burial took place…
Former contestant from Mexico’s ‘The Voice’ dies of gunshot wounds
(Reuters) – A one-time finalist on the Mexican version of the TV singing competition “The Voice” died on Saturday two days after being shot in Chicago.
Southern California wildfire spreads as blazes hit parched states
(Reuters) – A wildfire fed by parched land and high winds spread in southern California on Saturday, forcing hundreds of people to leave their homes as the blaze formed destructive columns of flames known as fire tornadoes.
Ex-Vanderbilt football player found guilty in rape trial
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – A Tennessee jury found a former Vanderbilt University football player guilty on Saturday for the June 2013 rape of an unconscious female student in a case drawing national attention to sexual assaults on college campuses.
Family of U.S. boy killed by alligator ‘overwhelmed’ by support
(Reuters) – The parents of a 2-year-old boy snatched away and drowned by an alligator in Florida have been “overwhelmed with the support and love” that have poured in since the tragedy captured national attention, the family said in a statement on Satu…
Obama extols U.S. national parks in picture-perfect social media moments
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (Reuters) – The moon was just rising over Half Dome, the setting sun reflected off its sheer granite face, as President Barack Obama and his family landed by helicopter in a meadow, the knee-high grass waving wildly while…
Anti-oil protesters arrested for blocking trains in Washington state
(Reuters) – Police arrested 21 protesters on Saturday for blocking BNSF Railway Co. [BNISF.UL] freight trains in Vancouver, Washington, on a line that transports oil and coal in the Northwest, protesters and a railroad spokesman said.
Ex-housekeeper, attorneys accused of trying to extort Waffle House chairman
(Reuters) – An ex-housekeeper for the chairman of Waffle House and two of her attorneys have been indicted in Georgia on charges they conspired to extort the executive during a four-year legal battle over secretly recorded video of sexual encounters.
