Obama meets with formerly detained Washington Post reporter Rezaian
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama met with Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter who was released from Iran earlier this year, at the State Department on Monday, a White House official said.
Sea level rise projected to displace 13 million in U.S. by 2100
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of people who could be displaced in U.S. coastal regions due to rising sea levels this century as a result of climate change is much higher than previously thought, with more than 13 million Americans at risk with a 6-foot (1.8 meters) rise including 6 million in Florida, scientists said on Monday. The researchers assessed sea level change scenarios by 2100 from the U.S. Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for coastal states along with population growth tre
Gawker swings back in Hulk Hogan sex-tape trial
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Reuters) – The former Gawker editor who posted a sex tape of celebrity wrestler Hulk Hogan testified in a Florida courtroom on Monday that he found the footage strange and “amusing,” as the website argues it exercised its press fr…
At least four die as floods hit U.S. south, thousands of homes damaged
(Reuters) – Several people were killed after drenching thunderstorms moved through Louisiana and Mississippi at the weekend, triggering flooding across the lower Mississippi valley, authorities said.
Obama’s prisoner clemency plan faltering as cases pile up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In April 2014, the administration of President Barack Obama announced the most ambitious clemency program in 40 years, inviting thousands of jailed drug offenders and other convicts to seek early release and urging lawyers across…
Plaintiffs face critical legal tests in GM ignition-switch cases
NEW YORK (Reuters) – People suing General Motors Co over a faulty ignition switch will get two chances in a Manhattan court this week to argue that the U.S. automaker should be held accountable for injuries, deaths and lost vehicle value.
Snowmobiler suspected in Iditarod attacks appears in court
(Reuters) – A 26-year-old man arrested in connection with snowmobile attacks on two musher teams in Alaska’s Iditarod dog sled race appeared in court via video on Sunday after reportedly admitting he was heavily drunk at the time of the incident.
Maryland police officer slain in ambush, two suspects arrested
LANDOVER, Md. (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire on a police station in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C., on Sunday, killing one officer in what authorities called an unprovoked attack before the assailant and a second suspect were arrested.
Second body recovered after tugboat collision at New York bridge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A second body was recovered in the Hudson River on Sunday a day after a tugboat collided with a barge and sank at the Tappan Zee Bridge, where a new span north of New York City is under construction, authorities said.
Texas festival apologizes after Muslim Olympian told to remove hijab
(Reuters) – Organizers of the South by Southwest (SXSW) arts festival said on Sunday they apologized to U.S. Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad after a volunteer said she must remove her Muslim headcovering to receive credentials to the event in Austin, Texas.
