Obama calls Orlando nightclub shooting an attack on all Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Sunday described the worst mass shooting in U.S. history as “an act of terror” and “an act of hate,” saying the massacre of 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida was an attack on all Am…
Rape retrial arguments to begin for ex-Vanderbilt football player
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Opening arguments are due to begin on Monday in the retrial of a former Vanderbilt University football player nearly a year after a judge declared a mistrial following his conviction for the June 2013 rape of an unconscious…
Powerful Saudi prince to meet Obama, Ban on U.S visit
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s powerful deputy crown prince flew to the United States on Monday for meetings with U.S. President Barack Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Saudi media reported.
U.S. court to weigh lawmakers’ immunity in trading investigations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court will consider on Monday whether a U.S. congressional committee and one of its former staff are immune from having to cooperate with an insider-trading investigation.
Two killed in gunfire at baseball game in central Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Armed assailants opened fire at a baseball game in the central Mexican state of Puebla on Sunday, killing two people and wounding six others, the state government said.
Gay Americans are shaken, unbowed by nightclub attack
NEW YORK (Reuters) – For many Americans, gay bars and nightclubs have long served as a place of refuge, a carefree place filled with like-minded souls away from the relatives, employers or anyone else who might judge them disapprovingly, or worse.
Heavily armed man arrested on way to L.A. gay pride parade
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A heavily armed man who said he was heading to a Los Angeles-area pride parade was arrested early on Sunday in nearby Santa Monica, but there was no apparent link with the deadly mass shooting in Florida, authorities said.
Some lawmakers talk gun control after Florida shooting, scant hope for change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history prompted calls on Sunday by some members of Congress for legislation to tighten control of weapons sales, although there were slim hopes for much change after 50 people were killed at a…
Rape case overshadows Stanford commencement, but protests muted
STANFORD, Calif. (Reuters) – Some graduating Stanford University students carried signs at their commencement on Sunday, decrying a 6-month jail sentence handed to a former student convicted of sexual assault on the California campus, but protests did …
Orlando club was sister’s tribute to gay brother who died of AIDS
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – The co-owner of Pulse, the Orlando gay nightclub that became the scene of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history on Sunday, founded the club to honor her brother who died of AIDS and to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and …
