Activists on Oregon bridge block Shell’s Arctic drilling quest
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Greenpeace protestors dangling from a bridge on Thursday in Portland, Oregon, halted an icebreaker that Royal Dutch Shell needs in northern Alaska before it can start drilling into the region’s oil zone.
Three days, five killings and a year of pain in Baltimore
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Kajuan Guinn was just 8, and recently reunited with his family after years in foster care, when his chronically ill mother died of complications from lupus.
Water parks and piano class: Colorado movie gunman’s childhood
DENVER (Reuters) – One described him as a quiet, kind boy who doted on his little sister. Another recalled his team spirit on the soccer pitch.
Maryland governor to shut Baltimore’s troubled jail -report
(Reuters) – Maryland Governor Larry Hogan will announce the closing of Baltimore’s troubled jail, the target of legal action over squalid conditions, the Baltimore Sun reported on Thursday.
Hedge fund mogul Paulson donates $8.5 million to NYC charter school
BOSTON (Reuters) – Billionaire investor John Paulson, who credits his success on Wall Street to a top education, is donating $8.5 million to New York City’s largest network of charter schools.
Chinese professor accused of spying by U.S. released on bail
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese professor charged in the United States with economic espionage has been released on bail by a U.S. court, a press official from Tianjin University, his employer, said on Thursday.
New York honors John Lennon with ‘yellow submarine’ tapestry
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nearly 40 years after he obtained his green card, John Lennon has been honored in New York with a tapestry showing Manhattan as a yellow submarine and the late Beatle holding up a peace sign at the helm.
Planned Parenthood reports second website hack in a week
(Reuters) – Planned Parenthood said electronic traffic to its websites was snarled by computer hackers on Wednesday in the second cyber attack mounted against the healthcare organization this week amid a controversy over alleged sales of aborted fetal …
University of Virginia graduates sue Rolling Stone over rape story
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three University of Virginia graduates on Wednesday filed a defamation lawsuit in New York against Rolling Stone magazine, its publisher, Wenner Media, and a journalist, over a now-debunked 2014 article describing a fraternity gang…
Oregon governor OKs early sales of recreational-use marijuana
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon residents will be able to buy marijuana for recreational use starting in October, about a year earlier than originally expected, under a new law backers hope will help curb the black market, state officials said on Wednesday. 
