Two people killed, at least 10 injured in Orlando nightclub shooting
(Reuters) – Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when as many as three shooters opened fire in an Orlando nightclub with a crowd of about 300 people in the predawn hours of Sunday, police in the Florida city said.
New York policeman accused of shooting black man to testify at trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City police officer charged with fatally shooting an unarmed black man in an unlit Brooklyn stairwell is expected to take the stand in his own defense on Monday at his trial for manslaughter.
Obscure at home, ‘Texas Daddy’ is a right-wing darling in Japan
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Somewhere in the Dallas area, a retired man sitting in a home office is making social media videos backing Japanese right-wing views that have made him a celebrity among hawks in the Asian country.
Professor who said Christians, Muslims worship same God to leave school
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A professor at an evangelical university near Chicago who got in trouble after saying Muslims and Christians worship the same God will leave the school, according to a joint statement released by Wheaton College on Saturday night.
Washington state’s prison chief resigns over botched inmate release
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The head of Washington state’s prison system resigned on Saturday six weeks after his agency said thousands of inmates may have been mistakenly freed early from state custody since 2002, including two men blamed for deaths when they…
Oregon officer shot dead while serving warrant: police
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A police officer was shot and killed on Friday in a small western Oregon city while trying to arrest a man who was wanted on an outstanding warrant, state police said on Saturday.
New York orders probe after radioactive leak at reactor
(Reuters) – A nuclear power plant north of New York City has leaked water contaminated with radioactive tritium into the groundwater below the facility, sparking an investigation by state officials, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Saturday.
Former Sikorsky president killed in Arizona plane crash
(Reuters) – A former president of Sikorsky Aircraft was identified on Saturday as one of two people killed when a vintage military plane crashed in Arizona on Friday, authorities said.
Search suspended after apparent mid-air plane crash off California
(Reuters) – Emergency teams suspended a search off the California coast on Saturday for at least two people missing after an apparent mid-air collision between two small planes, one of which was seen plunging into the sea.
U.S. judge grants injunction against anti-abortion activists
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction stopping the distribution of surreptitious videos taken by anti-abortion activists who alleged Planned Parenthood staff discussed the illegal sale of aborted fetal tissue…
