Washington state man sentenced for anti-gay slurs
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Washington state man who yelled anti-gay slurs and threatened to stab three men in a Seattle neighborhood with a sizable gay community has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, the Justice Department said on Monday.
Oregon governor seeks public input on Nestle water bottling deal
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon Governor Kate Brown has called for greater public scrutiny of food giant Nestle’s plans to bottle water in the Columbia River Gorge, as the Pacific Northwest state languishes under historic drought conditions, her offi…
Jordanian officer fatally shoots two Americans, South African at security training site
AMMAN (Reuters) – A Jordanian officer shot dead two U.S. government security contractors, a South African trainer and two Jordanians at a U.S.-funded police training facility near Amman on Monday before being killed in a shootout, Jordanian authorities…
California storms bring early ski season, hope for replenished snowpack
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Snow and rain brought an autumn respite in Northern California from the state’s devastating drought on Monday, with up to 12 inches (30 cm) of snow forecast for the Sierra Nevada mountains, raising hopes for a strong ski …
Texas police arrest man for using machete to slice off hand in fight
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A man suspected of wielding a machete and slicing off another man’s hand during a blade fight outside a bar in Bryan, Texas has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault, police said on Monday.
Glenview fund executives are neighbors in new Manhattan luxury tower
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three employees of hedge fund firm Glenview Capital Management, including billionaire founder Larry Robbins, can expect to cross paths at home as well as work after spending more than $50 million on apartments in the same Manhattan luxury building. 
U.S. spy agency to end bulk call data collection by end Nov.: memo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency is ready to end later this month collecting Americans’ domestic call records in bulk and move to a more targeted system, meeting a legislative deadline imposed earlier this year, according to a g…
Pentagon to list alternative U.S. sites to Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon is expected to unveil a long-awaited plan this week outlining how it would close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, despite fierce resistance in Congress to President Barack Obama’s push to shutter the fac…
University of Missouri president resigns after race protest
COLUMBIA, Mo. (Reuters) – The University of Missouri’s president stepped down on Monday after protests by the school’s football team and other students over what they saw as his soft handling of reports of racial abuse on campus.
Poll finds most Californians dissatisfied with state’s economy
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Sixty percent of California voters are dissatisfied with the state’s economy, with those in inland areas hardest hit by the recession of recent years expressing greater pessimism than voters in coastal areas, according to a poll…
