Coldplay to play 2016 Super Bowl halftime show: media reports
NEW YORK (Reuters) – British rock band Coldplay will play the halftime show at the 2016 Super Bowl, according to media reports on Thursday.
Russian Taliban fighter sentenced to life in prison in U.S
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – A former Soviet army tank officer convicted for his role in a 2009 attack on U.S. and Afghan soldiers, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday to life in prison plus 30 years.
Female attacker stands out in California mass shooting
(Reuters) – Of all the shocking details emerging after Wednesday’s mass shooting in California, one stands out as highly unusual: one of the two attackers who shot dead 14 and wounded 21 others at a holiday party was a woman.
Radiation from Japan nuclear disaster spreads off U.S. shores
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Radiation from Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster has spread off North American shores and contamination is increasing at previously identified sites, although levels are still too low to threaten human or ocean life, scientists s…
Hawaii court revokes permit for telescope project on volcano
(Reuters) – The Hawaii Supreme Court on Wednesday revoked a permit that would have allowed the controversial construction of one of the world’s largest telescopes on a dormant volcano considered an ideal location on Earth to view the stars.
Minnesota forecasts bigger FY 2016-17 budget surplus
(Reuters) – Minnesota expects to end its fiscal 2016-17 biennium with a $1.87 billion budget balance, more than double the $865 million surplus projected earlier this year, the state reported on Thursday.
Republicans press for refugee limits in U.S. spending talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead on Thursday with an effort to attach a crackdown on Middle Eastern refugees to a $1 trillion spending bill that must pass within days to avert a governmen…
Kerry says peace ‘within reach’ on Cyprus
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Peace is within reach in Cyprus, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday as he watched children from both sides of the divided island play basketball together.
Republican Christie: Convinced Calif. shooting was terrorist attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie said on Thursday he was convinced the shooting in San Bernardino, California, was a terrorist attack.
After 20-year sentence in Peru, Lori Berenson returns to New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Yorker Lori Berenson, who was convicted of aiding leftist rebels in Peru 20 years ago, returned to her hometown on Thursday.
