U.S. officials to take direct safety oversight of Washington subway
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials will take over direct safety supervision of Washington’s troubled subway system under a plan announced by Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Friday.
Leading Republican Ryan reconsiders House speaker run: lawmakers
WASHINGTON/JANESVILLE, Wis. (Reuters) – A leading Republican congressman with allies on the right wing of the party, Paul Ryan, is weighing a bid to replace retiring U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, fellow lawmakers said on Friday as…
In familiar ritual, Obama consoles victims in Oregon mass shooting
ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, in a ritual that has become both familiar and frustrating to him, traveled to Oregon on Friday to console families of the victims of a community college shooting that once again sparked a push for U.S….
Investigator on death of Texas deputy suspended over bad behavior
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – An investigator looking into the fatal ambush shooting of a Houston-area deputy has been suspended for inappropriate behavior, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said on Friday, with local media saying he had sexual relations …
Arkansas judge halts scheduled executions of eight inmates
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – An Arkansas judge issued an order on Friday that temporarily blocked the scheduled executions of eight convicted murderers after lawyers for the death row inmates challenged secrecy provisions in the state’s lethal injecti…
Former California beauty queen charged with child porn
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A 25-year-old former beauty queen was charged in Southern California on Friday with distributing pornographic photos of a 4-year-old girl who is her relative, prosecutors said.
Two alleged Hezbollah associates face U.S. arms, money laundering charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two Beirut residents have been arrested on U.S. charges that they took part in an alleged scheme to help Hezbollah launder drug money, and to funnel thousands of weapons and military parts to criminal groups in Lebanon and Iran, pr…
More rain, flooding predicted for inundated South Carolina
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (Reuters) – As state and local officials warned on Friday of the possibility of more flooding in eastern South Carolina , Georgetown County resident Wilma Green said she would heed their advice to evacuate.
One killed, one wounded in shooting near Texas Southern University
HOUSTON (Reuters) – One person was fatally shot on Friday and another person was wounded in a shooting an apartment complex adjacent to the campus of Texas Southern University in Houston, and two suspects have been taken into custody, the school said.
Virginia escapee who sparked manhunt sentenced to 32 years in prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bank robbery suspect who sparked a massive manhunt when he fled a Virginia hospital with a guard’s gun was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Friday, prosecutors said.
