Airports go slow on Delta’s plans to expand VIP security lanes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As travelers face long waits for U.S. airport security checks, Delta Air Lines Inc wants to expand limited access lanes to allow its top fliers – and anyone who pays a fee – to jump to the front of the line.
Two jets from elite U.S. military squadrons crash, one pilot dead
(Reuters) – Two fighter jets from elite U.S. military demonstration squadrons crashed in separate incidents on Thursday, including one that had just done a flyover of the Air Force Academy graduation in Colorado where President Barack Obama had spoken….
Singer Prince died of accidental painkiller overdose: medical examiner
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Music superstar Prince, who was found dead in his home in a Minneapolis suburb in late April, died of an accidental, self-administered overdose of an opioid painkiller, the county medical examiner said in a death report on Thursday….
No charges against St. Louis police in black teen’s death
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Two St. Louis police officers will not face charges for the shooting death of a black teenager in August 2015, a Missouri prosecutor said on Thursday.
In Alabama, 100,000 people told not to drink water due to contamination
(Reuters) – A water provider in northern Alabama warned more than 100,000 customers on Thursday not to drink or cook with tap water, saying it could be contaminated with potentially dangerous levels of a chemical that federal health officials have link…
Civil liberties group challenges Alabama abortion restrictions
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union challenged in federal court in Alabama on Thursday new state abortion restrictions that limit the proximity of clinics to public schools and ban a procedure used to terminate pregnancies in the second trim…
U.S. charges Harvard grad over alleged Ponzi-like currency scam
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Harvard University graduate has been criminally charged with fraudulently causing almost $20 million of losses for clients after falsely touting her currency trading prowess and using new money to make Ponzi-like payments to earl…
Arizona mother kills three young sons, stabs self
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A 29-year-old woman stabbed to death and partially dismembered her three young sons before seriously wounding herself inside a north Phoenix home where she lived, police said on Thursday.
Michigan will still give water to Flint after emergency ends
(Reuters) – Michigan will give supplies of water to Flint residents even after a federal emergency declaration over lead in drinking water expires on August 14, a state official said on Thursday.
Judge to appoint special prosecutor in Chicago cop’s murder trial
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A judge will appoint a special prosecutor in the trial of a white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a black teenager, a spokeswoman for the officer’s lawyer said on Thursday.
