Wal-Mart heir to sell Texas horse ranch for $19.75 million
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – Billionaire Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton is looking to have a little more cash in her pocket once she sells the sprawling ranch where she raises cutting horses used in roundups and western riding style competitions.
Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. boxer Jones
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to Roy Jones Junior, a prominent U.S. professional boxer who had asked for it last month when he met Putin in the disputed region of Crimea, the Kremlin said on Saturda…
Cuomo aide still critical; video of NYC shooting suspects aired
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A top aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo who was wounded by a stray bullet on Monday is still in critical condition, officials said on Saturday, after police released surveillance video of two armed suspects fleeing the scene o…
Spanish police find body of missing U.S. tourist
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police have found the body of U.S. tourist Denise Pikka Thiem, who went missing in April as she was walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in northwestern Spain, and have detained a suspect.
Personal trainers sweat as Washington, D.C., readies new rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A battle is brewing in Washington as the capital city prepares to regulate personal fitness trainers in a move that could ripple through the country’s booming $24 billion gym industry and its fight against flab.
Two killed in crash of plane used on Tom Cruise movie in Colombia
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Two people were killed on Friday when a small plane being used in the filming of Tom Cruise’s latest movie crashed in Colombia, the Civil Aviation Autority said.
Sierra wildfire threatens famed giant sequoia grove in California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A rapidly spreading wildfire spurred evacuations of thousands of mountain homes in California’s gold-rush country on Friday as flames from a larger Sierra Nevada blaze edged close to a famed grove of giant sequoia trees in Kings…
Seattle schools closed for third day by teachers’ strike
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle public schools remained closed for a third day on Friday due to a teachers’ strike that has idled 53,000 students and caused childcare headaches for working parents, with no word on whether stalled contract talks might resum…
Ex-director of former Subway pitchman’s foundation appears on child sex charges
(Reuters) – The ex-director of the foundation started by former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle appeared in U.S. District Court in Indiana on Friday ahead of his agreement to plead guilty to child sexual exploitation and child pornography charges.
U.S. seeks to dismiss charges against China-born physicist
(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors sought to drop wire fraud charges on Friday against a physicist at Temple University in Philadelphia, nearly four months after he was accused of sharing proprietary U.S. technology with China.
