Delta, Southwest threaten lawsuits against Dallas in airport gate spat
(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc and Southwest Airlines Co have scheduled overlapping flights from identical gates at Love Field in Dallas, creating potential havoc for customers as a gate-sharing agreement between the carriers is set to expire and a co…
Eight hurt when car crashes into Chipotle in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Eight people were injured when a car crashed into a Chipotle restaurant in Los Angeles on Friday, with one person suffering head trauma in the accident, officials said.
Rights group condemns Colorado bike club’s ‘anti-Ramadan’ barbecue
DENVER (Reuters) – A civil rights group said on Friday it was deeply disturbed by reports that a Colorado motorcycle club has distributed flyers for an anti-Ramadan barbecue, including a pig roast, this weekend “in defiance of the Islamic holiday of Ra…
Cincinnati police officer, suspect killed in shooting
(Reuters) – A 27-year veteran of Cincinnati’s police department was fatally shot during an exchange of gunfire on Friday with a suspect who also was killed after officers responded to a report of a man acting erratically with a gun, authorities said.
U.S. doctor sanctioned for ‘abhorrent and abnormal’ troop training
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – A state board revoked the license of a former U.S. Army doctor on Friday, finding that he plied students with hypnotic drugs during battlefield-trauma training and performed dangerous procedures, including intentionally induci…
U.S man arrested for attempting to provide support to Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. man was arrested on Friday in Ohio for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State militant group, the U.S. Justice Department said.
Homeless man returns purse with $400 to Pennsylvania cancer victim
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A homeless man became a hero in State College, Pennsylvania, when he returned a purse containing nearly $400 and a welfare card to a single mother struggling with recurrent brain cancer.
Judge won’t override New York MTA political ad ban for group’s ad
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority need not display a controversial advertisement from an anti-Muslim group on its buses, a federal judge ruled on Friday, after the agency voted to ban all political ads from buse…
Police shoot knife-wielding man to death in Boston
BOSTON (Reuters) – Police shot and killed a man who was wielding a knife near Boston University on Friday afternoon, according to the Massachusetts State Police.
Texas Supreme Court allows a same-sex couple to divorce
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Supreme Court on Friday upheld a divorce granted in a lower court for a same-sex couple, a rare decision in a state that has a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
