Baltimore homicides top 300 for year, worst since 1999
(Reuters) – Riot-scarred Baltimore recorded its 300th homicide of the year on Saturday, police said, up 42 percent from last year’s total and its highest toll since 1999 with more than a month still to go in 2015.
Hundreds of Mormons resign in Utah same-sex policy protest
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Hundreds of Latter-day Saints mailed or handed in letters quitting the Mormon church on Saturday to protest a new policy barring children of married same-sex couples from being baptized until they are adults.
Search called off for U.S. woman who fell from cruise ship
(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday called off its search for a South Carolina woman who went overboard during a cruise ship dance party off the Cuban coast.
NFL to bolster security, police presence at weekend games
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The National Football League said on Saturday it would increase security and beef up the law enforcement presence both inside and outside of stadiums for this week’s games as a precaution after a series of attacks throughout Paris …
Woman pleads guilty to lying to get Boston Marathon benefits
(Reuters) – A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to lying about being a victim of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing in order to get almost $40,000 in cash and benefits, prosecutors said.
California governor extends water conservation order
(Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown has extended his executive order requiring residents to conserve water as the state readies for a fifth year of drought.
Supreme Court’s Texas abortion ruling to have broad impact in states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to hear a challenge to tough abortion restrictions in Texas raises questions about the legal fate of similar laws in more than a dozen other states.
Tycoons, telecoms and Trotsky: book lifts veil on Carlos Slim
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Carlos Slim’s brother interrogated leftist rebels for Mexico’s intelligence agency while his eldest son often hands out a biographical novel about Leon Trotsky as a gift, according to a new book on the tycoon who was long the wo…
Prayer’s place in U.S. football gets high school test
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Carrying out what he called a personal act of faith, high-school football coach Joe Kennedy walked out to the 50-yard-line after a recent game, knelt down and prayed.
New York, other U.S. cities beef up security after Paris attacks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York, Boston and other cities in the United States bolstered security on Friday night after deadly gun and bomb attacks on civilians in Paris, but law enforcement officials said the beefed-up police presence was precautionary r…
