Pittsburgh doctor linked to second Zimbabwe lion hunt probe
(Reuters) – Zimbabwe has linked a Pennsylvania doctor to an investigation into illegal lion hunting, naming him on Sunday as a client of a safari operator accused of breaching regulations, a week after an American dentist was accused of illegally killi…
Northern California wildfire grows, closes two highways
(Reuters) – A raging wildfire along northern California’s inland coastal range has now burned about 47,000 acres (18,615 hectares) and forced the closure of two highways, officials said on Sunday, while a blaze near the Oregon border also expanded a day after it killed a firefighter.
Manhunt underway for killer of Memphis police officer
(Reuters) – A manhunt was underway Sunday in Tennessee for the killer of a Memphis police officer who was fatally shot during a traffic stop on Saturday night, officials said.
March to Washington begins with civil rights rally in Selma
(Reuters) – NAACP leaders launched a 40-day march across the U.S. South on Saturday with a rally in Selma, Alabama, drawing on that city’s significance in the 1960s civil rights movement to call attention to the issue of racial injustice in modern Amer…
Trump says won’t be ‘throwing punches’ in U.S. Republican debate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump, the man to beat in this week’s first televised Republican presidential debate, said on Sunday he does not plan to attack his rivals and downplayed expectations for his performance, saying “I’m not a debater.”
Drug needle exchanges gain ground after Indiana HIV outbreak
AUSTIN, Ind. (Reuters) – Since Indiana opened its first state-run needle exchange last spring, Tara Burton, 25, has made weekly visits to turn over needles she used to shoot Opana, a prescription painkiller, up her track-marked arm.
Thirteen hurt in shooting outside New York City house party
(Reuters) – Thirteen people were injured when gunmen opened fired outside a house party in New York City’s Brooklyn borough on Sunday, police said.
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Memphis police officer shot, killed
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A police officer in Memphis, Tennessee, was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Saturday night, officials said.
California wildfires expand after death of firefighter
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Firefighters rushed to contain a pair of fast-moving wildfires in Northern California on Saturday as they mourned the death of a U.S. Forest Service firefighter killed this week in the battle against one of the blazes, officia…
