World’s second-oldest female Bornean orangutan dies at Illinois zoo
(Reuters) – A 54-year-old orangutan at the Brookfield Zoo outside Chicago has been euthanized due to worsening health problems, after becoming the second oldest female Bornean orangutan known to exist in the world, zoo officials said on Saturday.
DJ Calvin Harris suffers minor injuries in Los Angeles crash
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Scottish musician Calvin Harris, one of the world’s top earning DJs, sustained minor injuries in a car crash in Los Angeles and was taken by ambulance to a hospital, police said on Saturday.
NY police apprehend suspect in death of woman seen on dolly in Staten Island
(Reuters) – New York police took a suspect into custody on Saturday in connection with the death of a woman whose body was seen the day before being wheeled on a dolly in the Staten Island borough, officials said.
U.S. agency probes blimp emergency landing in Philadelphia neighborhood
(Reuters) – The emergency landing of a blimp near a highway in a Philadelphia neighborhood is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration, an agency official said on Saturday.
Secret Service shoots gun-wielding man near White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Secret Service agent shot a man who brandished a gun near the White House on Friday while President Barack Obama was out golfing, and the man was taken to a hospital in critical condition, officials said.
Man shot dead at famed Buffalo bar: police
(Reuters) – A gunman killed a man and wounded another on Friday in the famed New York state bar credited with inventing the spicy “Buffalo Wings” snack, police and media said.
Microsoft to crack down on content promoting extremist acts
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – With the world growing more concerned about attacks by militant groups on civilians, Microsoft Corp on Friday outlined new policies to crack down what it called “terrorist content” on some of its consumer services.
Gun used to kill Trayvon Martin sold for $250,000: TV reports
(Reuters) – George Zimmerman said he has sold the gun he used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida in 2012 for $250,000, television stations in Orlando and Las Vegas reported on Friday.
U.S. moves to unseal Islamic State defector’s case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Friday sought to unseal the to-date secret criminal case of an Islamic State defector after NBC News broadcast an interview with the New York man in which he spoke out against the militant Islamist group.
Some in Oklahoma statehouse urge Obama impeachment over bathroom rule
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Republican state lawmakers in Oklahoma have introduced a resolution urging the state’s congressional delegation to start an effort to impeach President Barack Obama over a White House recommendation that schools accommodate tr…
