At least 20 injured in San Francisco tour bus crash
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – At least 20 people were injured when a double-decker tour bus crashed into several cars and careened into a scaffolding in downtown San Francisco on Friday afternoon, authorities said.
Arizona Christian university grants benefits to same-sex spouses
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A large, private Christian university in Arizona has decided to extend full spousal benefits to the married partners of its gay and lesbian employees despite continued adherence to religious principles reserving marriage solely for …
New York mayor says city is ready for any potential attacks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Friday the city was on constant alert and ready for any potential attacks that may follow what U.S. security officials believe was a series of coordinated attacks on the French capital.
Colorado outfitter charged with illegal big-game hunting, threats
DENVER (Reuters) – A southern Colorado outfitter is accused of running an illegal big-game hunting operation by luring deer and elk to a ranch he leased and threatening clients who complained about his service, authorities said on Friday.
Governor names black Fed official to University of Missouri board
(Reuters) – Missouri’s Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon has named a black Federal Reserve Bank executive to the Board of Curators at the University of Missouri, as students across the country protested in the name of equal rights for minorities on college cam…
Medical examiner rules black woman’s death in Ohio jail accidental
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The death of a 37-year-old black woman found unresponsive in her Cleveland area jail cell this summer was accidental and related to medical conditions from which she suffered, Ohio state officials said on Friday.
Mormon church expands on stance toward children of gay marriage
(Reuters) – Mormon church leaders elaborated on Friday about a recent policy on children in same sex marriages that drew fire from rights activists and prompted hundreds of members to say they planned to resign.
Michigan woman sentenced in 1998 death of her granddaughter
DETROIT (Reuters) – An elderly Michigan woman was sentenced on Friday to nine to 25 years in prison in the 1998 death of her granddaughter.
Hired-gun hacking played key role in JPMorgan, Fidelity breaches
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When U.S. prosecutors this week charged two Israelis and an American fugitive with raking in hundreds of millions of dollars in one of the largest and most complex cases of cyber fraud ever exposed, they also provided…
Illinois appeals court upholds wife-killer cop’s conviction
(Reuters) – An Illinois appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of a former Chicago-area police officer who was found guilty of killing his third wife during their contentious divorce in 2004.
