Oregon occupation leader rejects sheriff’s bid to end standoff
MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Ore. (Reuters) – The leader of a group of armed protesters occupying the headquarters of a federal wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon met briefly with a local sheriff on Thursday but rejected the lawman’s offer of …
Gun owners grill Obama at town hall, NRA sits it out
FAIRFAX, Va. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama fielded tough questions from gun owners at a televised town hall on Thursday, defending his move to tighten gun rules as he sought to elevate the issue of gun control before the November 2016 election to …
Disruptive passenger causes Chicago flight to be diverted to Detroit
(Reuters) – A passenger became disruptive on a United Airlines flight traveling from New York to Chicago on Thursday, causing it to be diverted to Detroit, the airline said.
Florida killer put to death in first U.S. execution of year
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – A former carnival worker convicted of killing three women in Florida was executed on Thursday after multiple overturned convictions and retrials, the first U.S. execution of 2016.
Florida murderer Oscar Bolin executed for 1986 killing
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – Convicted killer Oscar Ray Bolin Jr. was executed on Thursday for the 1986 murder of a Florida woman, state corrections an official said, in the first U.S. execution of 2016.
Brothels, sex websites shuttered in Seattle-area prostitution bust
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A group of Seattle area men has been charged with using adult websites to promote the sex-trafficking of women from South Korea held inside a network of brothels in upscale Seattle area apartments, in a case linked to more than a do…
Congressman aims to revoke Bill Cosby’s Medal of Freedom
(Reuters) – A U.S. congressman from Arizona said on Thursday he would introduce a bill to strip Bill Cosby of his Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian honor, citing the sexual assault allegations against the entertainer.
New U.S. diet rules would take 20 percent bite out of American sugar use
NEW YORK (Reuters) – If the U.S. government has its way, Americans would cut their consumption of sugar and corn syrup by more than 2 million tonnes a year, the latest blow for a sweetener industry facing an onslaught of criticism over negative health …
Halo restored to image of Joe Paterno in mural near Penn State campus
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – The artist who removed a halo from an image of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno on a mural after he was caught up in the Jerry Sandusky child-sex scandal has put it back on, saying: “It was the right thing to d…
‘Affluenza’ case mom booked into jail on return to Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – The mother of a Texas teenager, derided for a defense of “affluenza” in his trial for killing four people while driving drunk, was flown on Thursday to Texas from California and charged with helping her son escape to Mexic…
