Former President Carter mediating dispute between Martin Luther King heirs
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Former President Jimmy Carter is helping settle a dispute between Martin Luther King Jr.’s children over whether to sell King’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal and the Bible he carried during the civil rights movement.
Texas plans to execute a man who killed, robbed victim of $8
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas plans on Tuesday to execute a man who was convicted of fatally shooting a recently arrived Mexican immigrant in the head and robbing him of $8.
Eleven dead in historic South Carolina rains and flooding
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – Floodwaters from unprecedented rainfall in South Carolina have killed 11 people, closed some 550 roads and bridges and prompted hundreds of rescues of people trapped in homes and cars, officials said on Monday.
Clinton TV ad rallies supporters on Benghazi investigation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Hillary Clinton is attempting to rally her supporters and stoke outrage with a new television advertisement that criticizes Republican remarks on investigations into the September 2011 attack in Benghazi that killed four…
Oregon college shaken by massacre reopens with counselors, comfort dogs
ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) – Students still shaken from the deadly mass shooting at an Oregon community college days ago were welcomed back to campus Monday by grief counselors, comfort dogs and words of encouragement from faculty, but classes remained c…
Body found in search for U.S. ship that vanished in hurricane
MIAMI (Reuters) – Missing cargo ship El Faro, hit by powerful Hurricane Joaquin, is believed to have sunk off the Bahamas and one presumed crew member is confirmed dead, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday.
Montana hunter fends off grizzly by sticking arm into its throat
(Reuters) – A hunter tracking elk in the Montana mountains said he fended off an attacking grizzly bear by shoving his arm into its throat to induce a gag reflex that would frighten it away, according to state wildlife managers.
Body found in search for U.S. ship that vanished in hurricane
MIAMI (Reuters) – Missing cargo ship El Faro, hit by powerful Hurricane Joaquin, is believed to have sunk off the Bahamas and one presumed crew member is confirmed dead, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday.
Nine dead in historic South Carolina rains and flooding
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – Floodwaters inundating South Carolina after unprecedented rainfall have resulted in nine deaths, more than 500 road and bridge closures and hundreds of rescues of people trapped in homes and cars by the rising water, off…
University of Texas debates guns on campus after Oregon shooting
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A law to allow guns in more places at the University of Texas system would increase the danger on campuses and could not prevent mass killings like the one last week in Oregon, faculty and students told a forum on Monday.
