Thousands gather for Muslim funeral honoring Muhammad Ali
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A Muslim funeral for Muhammad Ali on Thursday drew thousands of admirers to the boxer’s hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, where mourners prayed over the body of a man who battled in the ring and sought peace outside it.
Obama is ‘fired up’ for Clinton as Democrats seek to unify party
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama formally endorsed Hillary Clinton’s White House bid on Thursday and called for Democrats to unite behind her after a protracted battle with Bernie Sanders for the party nomination.
Tom Perkins, Silicon Valley venture capital pioneer, dies at 84
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Thomas Perkins, one of the founding fathers of Silicon Valley, died on Tuesday at age 84 at his home in Belvedere, California, according to the Marin County coroner’s office.
U.S. Navy admiral pleads guilty in bribery case
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy rear admiral pleaded guilty on Thursday to a charge of lying to federal investigators, making him the highest-ranking officer to be convicted in the expanding “Fat Leonard” bribery case.
Sentence upheld for former Subway pitchman Fogle in child porn case
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in Chicago on Thursday upheld former Subway sandwich pitchman Jared Fogle’s 15-1/2-year prison sentence for child pornography.
Man charged over drugs sold to Rangers’ Boogaard reaches plea deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former minor league hockey player accused of selling painkillers to late Derek Boogaard, an enforcer for the NHL’s New York Rangers who died from an accidental overdose of alcohol and oxycodone in 2011, pleaded guilty on Thursday…
Obama to take his family to Carlsbad Caverns, Yosemite next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will have the chance to see the stalactites and bats of Carlsbad Caverns and the giant sequoias in Yosemite next weekend when he takes his family to two famous U.S. national parks.
Ohio band dropped from festival after member defends ex-Stanford swimmer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An all-female independent Ohio band has been dropped from a New York music festival and other venues after its drummer wrote a character letter supporting a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an …
Twenty-one U.S. states sue Delaware over unclaimed checks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty-one U.S. states led by Texas and Arkansas on Thursday announced a lawsuit against Delaware, accusing it of violating federal law by snatching up to $400 million in unclaimed checks that should have gone to other states.
U.S. pilot examiners get more mental health training after Germanwings crash
(Reuters) – Medical examiners who evaluate airline pilots have received more training in detecting mental health problems, U.S. regulators said on Thursday, after reviewing procedures in the wake of last year’s deadly Germanwings crash caused by a co-p…
