Powerball jackpot surges to $450 million for Wednesday drawing
(Reuters) – The jackpot in the Powerball lottery has ballooned to an estimated $450 million ahead of its drawing on Wednesday, the operator of the multistate game said.
El Niño-strengthened storm brings rain, floods to California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An El Niño-strengthened storm brought widespread rain to drought-stricken California on Tuesday, triggering flooding that clogged roadways, and authorities warned residents about possible mud slides.
Illinois college moves to fire professor who said Muslims, Christians worship same God
(Reuters) – Wheaton College, an evangelical Christian university outside of Chicago, said on Tuesday it was taking steps to fire a tenured political science professor after she wrote in a Facebook post that Muslims and Christians worship the same God.
Obama, wiping tears, makes new push to tighten gun rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wiping back tears as he remembered children killed in a mass shooting, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered stricter gun rules that he can impose without Congress and urged American voters to reject pro-gun candidates.
Colorado girl charged with plotting to kill high school classmates
DENVER (Reuters) – One of two 16-year-old girls accused of plotting to kill classmates and staff at their Colorado high school last month was formally charged as an adult on Tuesday with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, prosecutors said.
Judge limits lawsuit claiming rape at New York’s Rikers Island jail
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two female inmates at New York’s Rikers Island jail who claimed they were raped repeatedly by a guard cannot sue on behalf of other inmates, a U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday.
Thousands of vacant buildings to be torn down in Baltimore
(Reuters) – Thousands of abandoned buildings will be demolished in Baltimore, starting in the neighborhood where black detainee Freddie Gray was fatally hurt in police custody, officials said on Tuesday.
El Niño-strengthened storm brings rain, floods to California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An El Niño-strengthened storm brought widespread rain to drought-stricken California on Tuesday, triggering flooding that clogged roadways, and authorities warned residents about possible mud slides.
Obama, wiping tears, makes new push to tighten gun rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wiping back tears as he remembered children killed in a mass shooting, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ordered stricter gun rules that he can impose without Congress and urged American voters to reject pro-gun candidates.
Public asked to help close 18-minute gap in San Bernardino probe
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) – Federal and local law enforcement officials on Tuesday asked for the public’s help in piecing together the movements of a married couple in the hours after they killed 14 people at a county office building in San Bern…
