Facebook’s Sandberg speaks about husband’s death, ‘brutality of loss’
BERKELEY, Calif (Reuters) – Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg spoke publicly for the first time on Saturday about what she has learned from the sudden death of her husband a year ago, during a commencement speech for students at the University of Cali…
Climate activists in New York, Washington state protest fossil fuels
(Reuters) – Hundreds of climate change activists in Washington state and New York mobilized on Saturday as part of a global protest against fossil fuels, event organizers said.
Chicago mayor to replace police review board with more independent watchdog
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to scrap a police review board and replace it with a more independent and better-funded watchdog to investigate police shootings and other misconduct cases, he wrote in a newspaper column.
Top U.S. auctioneers refused to sell gun from Trayvon Martin shooting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two of America’s leading auctioneers of guns said they refused on ethical grounds to handle the sale of the 9 mm pistol that George Zimmerman used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.
Limo goes up in flames but students still find their way to the prom
(Reuters) – A group of Boston-area high school students have an indelible prom night memory after their limousine caught on fire on the way to the dance.
Suspect killed, police wounded in Los Angeles shoot-out: media
(Reuters) – Two Los Angeles police officers were wounded in a shootout in Los Angeles in which an armed suspect was shot and killed, local media reported.
Stolen World War One cannon returned to California veterans hall
(Reuters) – A Northern California man has returned a stolen World War One-era cannon that he had bought without knowing it had been taken from a local veteran’s hall, police said on Friday.
U.S. Coast Guard searching for woman who fell overboard from cruise ship off Texas
(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard said it was searching for a woman who is believed to have fallen overboard on Friday from the Carnival Liberty cruise ship off the coast of Galveston, Texas.
Pfizer blocks its drugs from use in lethal injections
NEW YORK (Reuters) – – Pfizer Inc has taken steps to ensure that none of its products are used in lethal injections, the largest U.S. drugmaker said on Friday.
Sorority apologizes for racist T-shirt made by chapter in Alabama
(Reuters) – A sorority in Alabama apologized on Friday for a T-shirt that it made depicting a racially offensive image of an African-American person eating a piece of watermelon.
