Clinton parts with Obama administration on Arctic drilling
(Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday staked out her opposition to Arctic oil exploration, putting her at odds with the Obama administration one day after it approved drilling off Alaska.
Zimmerman to sell Confederate flag painting to help ‘Muslim-free’ gunshop
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, is raffling off a painting he made of a Confederate flag to raise money for a Florida gunshop owner who declared …
California water prices set to rise next year: Fitch
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Residents of drought-ravaged California can expect to pay more for water next year as utilities pass on the cost of mandatory conservation measures to customers, a survey released by rating agency Fitch on Tuesday said.
Two Texas men charged with hate crimes for torturing gay man
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Two Texas men have been indicted on federal hate crime charges, with U.S. prosecutors accusing them of beating and torturing a gay black man in Corpus Christi in 2012, officials said on Tuesday.
Lawyers for Boston bomber seek new trial in new location
BOSTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, sentenced to death for killing three people and injuring 264 in the 2013 attack, are arguing he deserves a new trial in a different place due to the intense publicity that surroun…
Rebuilt confidence in New Orleans flood controls fuels rebuilding
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – When Angele Givens looks around her neighborhood in the Gentilly section of New Orleans, she is struck by the contrast with 10 years ago, when Hurricane Katrina triggered floods that filled her home and tens of thousands of others with water. Today, more than 80 percent of the structures in her Vista Park neighborhood have been renovated or rebuilt, and work is underway on others. But the area may never have staged its comeback without a rebuilding of confidence in
Opening arguments expected in New England prep school rape trial
CONCORD, N.H. (Reuters) – Opening statements are expected on Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of raping a fellow student at one of the United States’ most prestigious preparatory schools.
U.S. airlines group expects busy Labor Day travel
(Reuters) – Labor Day air travel in the United States will be even busier this year than last.
Lawyers for Texas gay couple settle suit over marriage license
(Reuters) – A federal lawsuit against a Texas county clerk who denied a gay couple a marriage license has been settled, lawyers for the two men said on Monday.
White House, Cuba work to resume scheduled commercial flights: WSJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is seeking an agreement with Cuba to begin scheduled commercial flights between the two countries as soon as December, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing officials.
