Man who plotted Obama dognapping faces weapons charge: Wash. Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A North Dakota man who allegedly plotted to kidnap one of the Obama family’s pet Portuguese water dogs was arrested with guns and ammunition at a downtown Washington hotel and is facing a weapons charge, The Washington Post repor…
Ice cream maker Blue Bell reports listeria found again in facility
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries, which stopped production and distribution of ice cream to 25 states in April after the discovery of listeria bacteria, said on Friday that listeria was discovered again in a production fa…
Mazda recalls 374,000 vehicles for Takata airbag defects
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mazda Motor Corp said Friday it will recall 374,000 U.S. vehicles linked to potentially defective front passenger- side airbags made by Takata Corp .
Drowned out in noisy campaign, Republicans revive poverty message
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The 2016 U.S. election year was supposed to be the one in which Republicans made tackling poverty a big theme. 
Exclusive: U.S. considers ending program that lures Cuban doctors to defect
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – The U.S. government is considering putting an end to a program that encourages Cuban doctors and nurses on overseas assignments to defect, a senior aide to President Barack Obama said, in a gesture emblematic of improving …
Philadelphia man gets up to 30 years prison for collapse that killed six
(Reuters) – A Philadelphia construction contractor was sentenced on Friday to 15 years to 30 years in prison for his role in a 2013 building demolition that caused an adjacent store to collapse, killing six people, according to prosecutors.
San Francisco gangster ‘Shrimp Boy’ guilty on all counts
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco gangster Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow was found guilty on dozens of charges on Friday including ordering the murder of a Chinatown rival, according to a U.S. Department of Justice spokesman.
New York police sergeant facing internal charges in chokehold death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City police sergeant is facing internal disciplinary charges for her role in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man whose fatal police encounter in 2014 spurred nationwide protests.
Same battles rage on 100 years after first U.S. birth control clinic
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Outside the crumbling Brooklyn building where the first U.S. birth control clinic opened 100 years ago, Alexander Sanger reflected on the move that landed his grandmother in jail and fueled a controversy over women’s reproductive r…
Powerball soars to $700 million, largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever
ANN ARBOR, Mich (Reuters) – Falsetta’s Market on Washtenaw Avenue in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has seen new ticket buyers coming out of the woodwork since the Powerball lottery soared to an all-time record high for North America, reaching $700 million on Th…
