Missouri stunt pilot killed in air show crash
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – A pilot was killed when his biplane crashed while he was performing stunts in front of a crowd at a Missouri air show on Saturday, police said on Sunday.
Boy Scout killed in flooding at New Mexico ranch
(Reuters) – A Boy Scout was killed when a flash flood triggered by heavy rains swept through a canyon on a New Mexico ranch where he was camping, authorities said on Sunday.
One injured when shots fired during dispute at San Francisco’s gay pride festival
(Reuters) – A spectator was shot in the arm after a dispute at San Francisco’s annual gay pride festival escalated into gunfire on Saturday, police said.
Landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizes gay marriage nationwide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, handing a historic triumph to the American gay rights movement.
Teenager bitten by shark at North Carolina Outer Banks beach
(Reuters) – A teenage boy was bitten several times by a shark off North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Saturday, the second shark incident in a day and just weeks after two teens were maimed in shark attacks in the state’s waters.
Activist takes down Confederate flag outside South Carolina capitol
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – An activist climbed a flagpole outside the South Carolina state capitol early on Saturday and took down the Confederate flag, state officials said, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama called the banner a symbol of racia…
Manhunt for remaining New York prison escapee intensifies
MALONE, N.Y. (Reuters) – A manhunt for a convicted murderer who escaped from a New York state maximum security prison focused on a rural area near the Canadian border on Saturday, a day after his fellow escapee was killed.
New York manhunt for prison escapee heats up after accomplice killed
MALONE, N.Y. (Reuters) – Hundreds of law enforcement officers hunting for a convicted murderer who escaped from a New York state maximum security prison scoured an area of near the Canadian border on Saturday, a day after a fellow escapee was killed.
Obama sheds cool style for ‘fearless’ final lap in office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Barack Obama has reached the stage of his presidency where if he wants to break out in song publicly, as he did with “Amazing Grace” in a eulogy on Friday, then he’s going to do it.
U.S. Episcopal Church elects first black presiding bishop
(Reuters) – The U.S. Episcopal Church elected its first black presiding bishop on Saturday at its general conference in Salt Lake City, where members of the Christian denomination discussed its position on same-sex marriage, gun violence and outreach.