San Francisco police chief resigns under pressure after officer shooting
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco’s police chief, Greg Suhr, resigned under pressure from the city’s mayor on Thursday, just hours after an officer’s fatal shooting a black woman sparked new outrage in a city whose storybook beauty has been overs…
Lawmakers vote down LGBT rights measure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shouts of “Shame, shame, shame,” erupted in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday as Republican lawmakers narrowly defeated legislation to protect the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees of go…
7-Eleven worker becomes first woman to climb Everest seven times
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A 42-year-old woman born in Nepal climbed Mount Everest for the seventh time on Friday, breaking her own record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain by any woman, a hiking official said.
7-Eleven worker becomes first woman to climb Everest seven times
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A 42-year-old woman born in Nepal climbed Mount Everest for the seventh time on Friday, breaking her own record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain by any woman, a hiking official said.
Apple unveils new store design in San Francisco
(Reuters) – Apple Inc unveiled a new vision for its hugely successful retail stores on Thursday, aiming to give shoppers the experience of setting foot in the headquarters of the company credited with inventing the smartphone.
Elderly Floridian cannot afford medicine, kills suffering wife
(Reuters) – An elderly Florida man was in jail on Thursday after he said he fatally shot his ailing wife because her medications were no longer affordable and she was in pain.
Ohio girl’s stepfather, stepbrother charged for keeping her chained
(Reuters) – The stepfather and stepbrother of a Toledo, Ohio, girl were arrested on kidnapping charges on Thursday for keeping the 13-year-old captive and chained in their basement for as long as a year until she managed to escape, officials said.
Oklahoma bungled drugs used in executions: grand jury report
(Reuters) – An Oklahoma grand jury looking into the state’s troubled executions said in a report released on Thursday that jail staff did not verify what drugs they were using for lethal injections and were unaware when the wrong drugs were administere…
Cinemark theater chain not liable in 2012 Colorado movie massacre
DENVER (Reuters) – The owners of a Colorado movie theater where a gunman killed 12 people during the screening of a Batman film in 2012 are not liable for the mass shooting, a jury ruled on Thursday, in the first civil lawsuit stemming from the inciden…
Bipartisan Puerto Rico crisis bill introduced, debt looms
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers on Thursday began coalescing around revised bipartisan legislation to help address Puerto Rico’s unpayable debt burden, which now threatens a full-blown humanitarian crisis.
