Despite White House lobbying, Senator Flake opposes Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Jeff Flake announced his opposition on Saturday to the nuclear deal with Iran despite White House lobbying to try to convince the Arizona Republican to break from others in his party and back the accord when U.S. law…
Two parachutists injured at Chicago Air & Water Show
(Reuters) – Two parachutists performing in a Chicago air show were injured on Saturday, one of them critically, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Seven pedestrians hit by vehicle in downtown Los Angeles
(Reuters) – Seven pedestrians were injured on Saturday when they were hit by the same vehicle in downtown Los Angeles in two incidents a block apart, authorities said.
After legal battle, Lee Harvey Oswald gravestone returns to Texas
DALLAS (Reuters) – A Dallas man won a long battle to retrieve a notorious piece of U.S. history, the gravestone of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, which came back to Texas this week from a small-town Illinois museum after a years of legal fights.
New Orleans Walmart evacuated due to armed suspect
(Reuters) – A New Orleans Walmart store was evacuated on Saturday when someone with a gun walked into the store, but a SWAT team search did not find the suspect, police said.
One dead in small plane crash near New Jersey airport
(Reuters) – One person was killed in a small airplane crash in a New Jersey suburb of New York on Saturday, authorities said.
Sheriff’s deputy fatally shot in Nevada, suspect dead
(Reuters) – A sheriff’s deputy in Nevada was killed early on Saturday while responding to a domestic battery report, and the suspect was later found dead, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office said.
U.S. military looks into moving some Guantanamo detainees to military sites: media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense is sending a team to military installations in Kansas and South Carolina to investigate the possibility of relocating some Guantanamo Bay prisoners to U.S. soil, media outlets reported on Saturday.
With hot dogs and hugs, mothers take stand against Chicago violence
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Every afternoon this summer, on a street corner in one of Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods, visitors have been able to find an unusual block party.
U.S. female hostage raped by Islamic State leader before death: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kayla Mueller, the U.S. aid worker killed this year while being held hostage by Islamic State militants, was raped repeatedly by the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, while in captivity in Syria, U.S. officials said on Friday…
