Georgia set to execute man for killing over forged checks
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia on Tuesday is scheduled to execute a man for the 1992 murder of a family friend after a dispute over money.
Loretta Lynch turned into superhero ‘FIFA Slayer’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has been turned into a comic strip hero called “FIFA Slayer” by American women’s sports website ESPNW.
FBI says California shooters were radicalized for ‘some time’
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) – Investigators believe the married couple who massacred 14 people in California last week – a U.S.-born husband and his Pakistani wife – had been radicalized “for quite some time,” but no clues pointing to an internati…
Special Report: Newborns die after being sent home with drug-dependent mothers
LEHIGHTON, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Brayden Cummings turned 6 weeks old the morning his mother suffocated him.
University of Maryland to consider renaming athletic stadium
(Reuters) – The University of Maryland will consider renaming its athletic stadium, which honors a former college leader and supporter of racial segregation, the school said on Monday, the latest U.S. campus to tackle concerns of racism in names, title…
U.S. DOJ to examine Chicago Police Department’s use of force
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it will investigate Chicago’s police department following protests over the 2014 police shooting death of a black teenager, on the same day prosecutors said they would not seek charges in a…
Man who voiced Charlie Brown gets prison in California in threats case
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – The man who as a child voiced the sweetly crestfallen Charlie Brown on animated television specials was sentenced in San Diego on Monday to more than four years in prison for making threats, including one against the local sheriff…
Chipotle shares take fresh hit after Boston College students fall ill
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Thirty Boston College students got sick after eating at Chipotle Mexican Grill over the weekend, a school spokesman said, sending company shares down 6 percent in extended trading on Monday on fears of more food poisoning proble…
Caesars’ debt restructuring row heads to Washington
(Reuters) – A fight between creditors and Caesars Entertainment Corp over some $18 billion of unpaid debt has moved to Washington as the casino firm and its private equity owners lobby to change a law that protects bondholders.
Two hospitalized, nearly 200 sickened in Seattle norovirus outbreak
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Nearly 200 people who attended a catered party at a downtown Seattle office building have become ill with norovirus, a public health official said on Monday.
