Captured inmate pleads guilty in daring New York prison escape
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Reuters) – A convicted killer on Friday pleaded guilty to escape charges for using hacksaw blades hidden in frozen hamburger to break out of an upstate New York prison, triggering a massive three-week manhunt.
Target co-founder Bruce Dayton dies at 97
(Reuters) – Bruce Dayton, co-founder of Target Corp, died on Friday in Orono, Minnesota, the state’s governor’s office said.
Trump’s rant against Carson goes viral on social media
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s rant against fellow contender Ben Carson on Thursday, in which he said Carson had a “pathological” temper as a young man, quickly became a lively topic on social media on Friday.
Texas man committed suicide using venomous snake, authorities say
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The death of an 18-year-old man, found unresponsive in his vehicle in an Austin parking lot in July with an empty snake container, has been ruled a suicide committed using his venomous pet cobra, a county judge’s office and a …
Ben Carson West Point controversy divides Republicans: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson was viewed less favorably by a significant portion of Republicans after his claim to have been offered a scholarship to West Point was disputed, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Carson’s comeback to Trump’s insults: ‘Pray for him’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Ben Carson recommended praying for rival Donald Trump after the real-estate mogul and television personality, in a 95-minute rant in Iowa, likened him to a child molester, Carson’s business manager sai…
Person arrested for making threats against Michigan Tech black students
DETROIT (Reuters) – A person was arrested for making threats through social media messaging app Yik Yak against black students at Michigan Technological University, a spokeswoman for the school said on Friday.
Lockdown at Marist College in New York after online threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Marist College, a small private school 84 miles (135 km) north of New York City, canceled classes and ordered a lockdown on Friday because of an online, anonymous posting that threatened a shooting on campus, a Marist spokesman sai…
Chicago police say eight-year-old boy accidentally shot relative, 10
(Reuters) – An 8-year-old boy accidentally shot a 10-year-old male relative with a handgun on Chicago’s South Side, police said on Friday.
Higher spend on essentials, online bargains hit U.S. department stores
(Reuters) – Slumping same-store sales at upscale U.S. department store operator Nordstrom Inc could point to more than a glut in retailers’ inventories, not just a longer-than-usual spell of warm weather and fewer spendthrift tourists.
