Debris piles mark the start of long road to recovery in flooded Louisiana
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – Renee Deal still hopes to salvage the wedding photo album placed out to dry on Saturday in the carport of her flood-ravaged house in southern Louisiana.
Ex-U.S. Navy SEAL author agrees to pay $6.8 million to government: NY Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. Navy SEAL who wrote a book about the daring operation on Osama Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan has agreed to forfeit $6.8 million in book royalties and speaking fees, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing f…
Zika spreads to Miami Beach, U.S. expands travel warning
MIAMI/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Federal health officials on Friday warned pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirmed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was active in the popular tourist destination.
Conservatives split over U.S. land transfers to Western states
ELLIOTT STATE FOREST, Ore. (Reuters) – Every time Dean Finnerty sees the locked neon-yellow gate and “No Trespassing” sign deep in Oregon’s Elliott State Forest, he bristles at the growing movement to transfer federally owned land to U.S. states.
U.S. judge seeks criminal contempt charges against Arizona sheriff
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A federal judge recommended on Friday that prosecutors bring criminal contempt charges against Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, finding that the controversial sheriff had violated court orders stemming from a 2007 racial profiling case.
Democrats fear hackers targeted tight Florida races for latest data leaks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leading Democrats are growing increasingly worried that the hackers who made public leaked documents this week were trying to sabotage the Democratic candidates in several central Florida congressional races, the first time such…
California barbershop settles suit brought by transgender man
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Southern California barbershop has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against the business by a transgender man who said he was denied service and told “we don’t cut women’s hair,” local media reported on Friday.
Travelers former CEO Jay Fishman dies at 63
(Reuters) – Jay Fishman, chairman and former chief executive of property and casualty insurer Travelers Cos Inc, died on Friday.
U.S. Justice Dept to send team to Turkey for Gulen probe: Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department will dispatch a team to Turkey in coming days to pursue allegations by the Turkish government of criminal activity by Fethullah Gulen, Bloomberg news reported on Friday, citing an Obama administration …
U.S. sailor gets one year in prison over nuclear submarine photos
(Reuters) – A U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced on Friday to one year in prison for illegally taking photos inside restricted areas of a nuclear submarine and then trying to impede an investigation into the matter, prosecutors said on Friday.
