Atlantic City’s Showboat hotel to reopen without casino: developer
(Reuters) – Real estate developer Bart Blatstein said on Friday he will reopen the Showboat, one of Atlantic City’s four shuttered casino hotels, in July, but without the gambling.
U.S. lawmaker demands probe into missing State Dept. Iran video
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior Republican congressman on Friday asked the U.S. State Department inspector general to investigate why part of a 2013 public briefing that dealt with Iran nuclear talks was cut from a video before it was posted online.
Vanderbilt University freshman pitcher dies in drowning accident
(Reuters) – A freshman pitcher with Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University baseball team died on Thursday in a drowning accident, the Coffee County sheriff’s department said.
U.S. Air Force to seek compensation from Boeing for tanker delay
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force said on Friday it would seek compensation from Boeing for a five-month delay in delivering KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling tanker aircraft.
North Carolina woman charged after dead mother found in freezer
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A North Carolina woman is being sought on a charge of failing to report the death of her 75-year-old mother, whose body was discovered in a freezer by a neighbor last week, police said on Friday.
Prosecutor to announce decision in Cincinnati Zoo gorilla case
(Reuters) – A county prosecutor will announce on Monday whether or not he will bring charges against the family of a 3-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo on Saturday, prompting zoo officials to kill an endangered goril…
UCLA murder-suicide gunman had planned third killing, police say
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former University of California, Los Angeles, student shot dead a woman at her home in Minnesota before he drove almost 2,000 miles (3,200 km) to the school and killed a professor but failed to find a third intended victim, po…
SEC names Christopher Hetner cyber-security adviser to Mary Jo White
(Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission named Christopher Hetner senior adviser to the chair as it looks to address rising instances of cyber attacks.
Texas floodwaters claim three soldiers’ lives at Fort Hood
AUSTIN, Texas/SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A U.S. Army truck overturned in a swollen Fort Hood creek on Thursday, killing three soldiers and leaving six missing as storms dumped more rain on flood-hit parts of Texas.
Michigan House approves, sends school funding package to state Senate
(Reuters) – Michigan lawmakers on Thursday approved paying off a $467 million deficit incurred by Detroit Public Schools and to fund costs associated with creating a new school system, online legislative records showed and local media reported.
