Exclusive: Top reason Americans will vote for Trump: ‘To stop Clinton’ – poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. presidential election may turn out to be one of the world’s biggest un-popularity contests.
Colorado city to pay restitution to poor jailed in ‘debtor prison’
DENVER (Reuters) – The city of Colorado Springs has agreed to provide restitution to dozens of poor people wrongfully jailed because they could not afford to pay fines they incurred for petty infractions such as loitering or panhandling, attorneys said…
Maryland gunman kills woman, wounds man offering aid at high school
(Reuters) – A woman picking up her child at a Maryland high school was fatally shot on Thursday during a “domestic-related” altercation with a man who left the scene after also shooting a bystander who tried to intervene on the woman’s behalf, police s…
Ex-sanitation worker guilty of ‘Grim Sleeper’ Los Angeles murders
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former sanitation worker was convicted on Thursday of murdering nine women and a teenage girl as the “Grim Sleeper,” a Los Angeles serial killer who preyed on prostitutes and drugs addicts in a crime spree dating back 30 years…
U.S. cracks down on e-cigarettes and cigars, bans sales to minors
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Thursday took wide-ranging steps to crack down for the first time on e-cigarettes and cigars, growing in popularity among teens, and banned sales to anyone under age 18 in hopes of sparing a new ge…
For Derby hopefuls, owning horse like owning team
(Reuters) – For many racehorse owners, it’s the experience, more so than making money, that attracted them to the Sport of Kings but they face a tough task to get into the elite field for events like the Kentucky Derby.
Planning officials hear outline for higher White House fence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A proposal for a higher, stronger White House fence was presented to Washington planning officials on Thursday in a bid to halt fence-jumping security breaches at one of the world’s most heavily guarded buildings.
North Carolina lawmaker dismisses U.S. deadline to change bathroom law
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – Republican leaders in North Carolina on Thursday refused to back down from a law regulating which restrooms can be used by transgender people after the federal government told the state the law violated the U.S. Civil Ri…
New York City gives nod to 5-cent charge for store bags
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City Council approved a bill on Thursday to require many merchants to charge 5 cents for each plastic or paper bag taken by consumers at checkout counters, and Mayor Bill de Blasio said he intended to sign it.
Former Texas policeman released after serving 21 years for rape
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – A former Fort Worth police officer who had served 21 years of a life sentence after being convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl was released from prison on Thursday after an appeals court order overturned his conviction b…
