EPA official resigns over Flint water crisis
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The head of the Midwest region of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency offered her resignation over the water contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, the agency said on Thursday, as it issued an emergency order to re…
Wife of U.S. pastor imprisoned in Iran hopes to reunite, rebuild marriage
BOISE (Reuters) – Naghmeh Abedini is looking forward to reuniting next week with her husband, Saeed, the Iranian-American pastor freed on Saturday after more than three years in an Iranian prison.
No charges against Denver deputies in suffocation death of black inmate
DENVER (Reuters) – Five sheriff’s deputies will not face criminal charges after a black Denver jail inmate died last year while they restrained him during a schizophrenic episode, the district attorney said on Thursday.
Two Americans held in Iran arrive home after prisoner swap
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Reuters) – A Christian minister and a former U.S. Marine who were released by Iran in a prisoner swap returned to the United States on Thursday after years behind bars in the Islamic Republic.
NYC Marathon organizers are sued over lottery to enter race
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The organizers of the New York City Marathon have been sued by two runners who said the use of a lottery to decide who gets to race in the world’s largest marathon is illegal.
Ex-UConn star Tate George gets 9 years prison for fraud
(Reuters) – Tate George, a former University of Connecticut star who later played in the National Basketball Association, was sentenced on Thursday to nine years in prison for running what prosecutors called a $2 million real estate Ponzi scheme.
For third time, Colombian drug kingpin pleads guilty in U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – For the third time in 15 months, a Colombian drug kingpin pleaded guilty on Thursday to U.S. charges that he conspired to manufacture and distribute hundreds of tons of cocaine annually that he trafficked throughout the world.
Sarah the cheetah, world’s fastest land mammal, dies in Ohio zoo
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An Ohio zoo said on Thursday that Sarah, a cheetah designated the world’s fastest land mammal by National Geographic magazine in 2012, has died at the age of 15.
U.S. tightens visa waiver rules for visitors after Paris attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday began implementing restrictions to its Visa Waiver Program under a law passed after last year’s Paris attacks that makes it harder for citizens of some countries to visit.
White House reacts to Palin: ‘Domestic violence is not a joke’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House pushed back on Thursday against former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s comments on domestic violence, saying the issues she raised on the campaign trail are some that the Obama administration …
