Ex-New York Senate leader, son face corruption trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son are set to face trial on Monday on charges the politician pressured companies doing business with the state to give his son hundreds of thousands of dollars in jo…
Vigil honors California student slain in Paris attacks
LONG BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) – More than 1,000 people overflowed a ballroom at California State University, Long Beach, on Sunday to honor and remember an exchange student who was cut down indiscrimately by suspected Islamic State militants in Paris on…
Pentagon says five Guantanamo detainees transferred to United Arab Emirates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Five detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were transferred to the government of the United Arab Emirates, the U.S. Defense Department said on Sunday.
Zebras escape circus, roam Philadelphia streets for about an hour
(Reuters) – Two zebras broke free from a circus in Philadelphia on Sunday, bringing traffic to a crawl as they roamed city streets for about an hour and strolled past customers inside a fitness center, authorities said.
About 1,500 Mormons resign from church in protest of same-sex policy
(Reuters) – About 1,500 Latter-day Saints have submitted letters of resignation from the Mormon Church to protest a new policy barring children of married same-sex couples from being baptized until they are adults, movement organizers said on Sunday.
El Al flight makes emergency landing in Montana
(Reuters) – An El Al Israel Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Los Angeles made an emergency landing in Montana on Sunday after the pilot received an automated alert that the aircraft’s engine was on fire, transportation officials said.
Brown University president apologizes for suspected assault of visiting student
(Reuters) – Brown University’s president has apologized and called for a probe of a university security officer suspected of assaulting a visiting student attending a Latino Ivy League conference, according to a social media video posted over the weeke…
College student from California studying abroad killed in Paris attacks
LONG BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) – A California university student who was studying design in France was killed in an attack on a restaurant in Paris, making her the first American confirmed dead in the assault at several sites in the French capital, schoo…
U.S. death penalties, executions slow as capital punishment is squeezed
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Capital punishment in the United States has moved into the slow lane, with the number of executions and new death sentences likely to hit lows not seen for more than 20 years.
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.
