California ballot initiative would require porn actors to wear condoms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Actors in adult films in California would be required to wear condoms during explicit sex scenes under a referendum that qualified for the November 2016 ballot on Wednesday.
Texas Governor Abbott issues warning over immigrant detentions
DALLAS (Reuters) – Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday threatened to withhold state grant money to Dallas County if the Democratic sheriff there does not detain undocumented immigrants as requested by federal authorities.
Iranian military hackers focus on U.S. administration officials: WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards stepped up hacking of email and social media accounts of Obama administration officials in recent weeks in cyber attacks believed linked to the arrest of an Iranian-American businessman in Tehran, the …
Oregon school pumpkin carving party suspected in norovirus outbreak
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – A pre-Halloween pumpkin carving party may have caused a norovirus outbreak that has sickened more than 100 students, teachers and staff at an Oregon Catholic school, a public health official said on Wednesday.
Southwest Airlines’ pilots reject tentative contract: union
(Reuters) – Pilots at Southwest Airlines Co have rejected a tentative contract with the U.S. budget carrier, their union said on Wednesday.
U.S. judge sets Dec. 21 date for claims in deadly El Faro wreck
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday set a Dec. 21 deadline for damage claims to be filed by the families of 33 sailors lost at sea when the freighter El Faro went down last month in a hurricane off the Bahamas.
Dogs rescued from South Korea meat farm seek new lives in the U.S.
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Animal rights advocates are seeking homes for scores of dogs raised for South Korea’s canine meat market but sent to the United States for adoption after their breeder switched to growing rice, the head of a regional Humane S…
Pentagon chief to visit U.S. aircraft carrier in South China Sea
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter will visit a U.S. aircraft carrier transiting the South China Sea on Thursday, a move sure to raise the ire of China as tensions between Washington and Beijing simmer over the disputed water…
Canada to release ex-Guantanamo inmate for return to France: lawyer
TORONTO (Reuters) – Mourad Benchellali, a French national and former Guantanamo Bay prisoner detained by Canadian police at a Toronto airport on Monday, will likely be released and allowed to return to France within hours, his Canadian lawyer said on W…
New York prison guard pleads not guilty on charges related to escape
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Reuters) – A New York correctional officer accused of helping two convicts escape from a maximum security prison in June pleaded not guilty on Wednesday at his arraignment on a series of charges related to the daring break-out.
