Florida police arrest man in crash that killed martial arts fighter
(Reuters) – A man driving on a suspended license with a history of serious traffic offenses has been arrested in last week’s hit-and-run pedestrian crash in Florida that killed mixed martial arts fighter Jordan “Pretty Boy” Parsons, police said.
California Muslim student wrongly identified as ‘Isis’ in yearbook
(Reuters) – A California student was embarrassed and distressed after a picture of her wearing an Islamic head scarf, or hijab, appeared in her high school yearbook with the false name “Isis Phillips,” a Muslim advocacy group said on Sunday.
Unbeaten Nyquist wins Kentucky Derby
(Reuters) – Favorite Nyquist ran a perfect race to extend his unbeaten record winning the 142nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Saturday, sparking talk of a second consecutive Triple Crown champion.
One winning ticket sold in $429 million Powerball lottery
(Reuters) – One winning ticket matched the numbers drawn on Saturday night for the multi-state Powerball jackpot for a payout estimated at $429.6 million, the ninth-highest U.S. lottery prize in history, officials said.
Uber, Lyft spend big, lose big in Texas vote on driver fingerprinting
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – On-demand ride companies Uber and Lyft suffered an embarrassing defeat in a Saturday election in Austin as voters backed a measure requiring fingerprint background checks for drivers.
A year after American Pharoah, U.S. horse racing faces uneasy future
(Reuters) – A year after American Pharoah became the first horse since 1978 to win the Triple Crown, U.S. thoroughbred racing officials have struggled to build on that excitement or agree on whether the sport needs a commissioner to rein in its dispara…
Obama says U.S. race relations have improved, but work to be done
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said in a commencement speech on Saturday that U.S. race relations have improved over the last three decades, but that significant work still needs to be done.
Feds order Washington subway to tighten safety after rail fire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal officials ordered Washington’s troubled subway on Saturday to tighten safety standards because of a rail fire, a directive that followed announcement of an extensive repair program to boost reliability.
Alabama’s top judge faces ethics charges over gay-marriage order
(Reuters) – Alabama’s Supreme Court Chief Justice was suspended on Friday for ordering state probate judges not to grant marriage licenses to gay couples, despite contrary rulings by a federal court and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Shots fired on University of Missouri campus: university
(Reuters) – Two gunshots were fired on University of Missouri’s flagship campus on Friday though no one was injured, the school said.
