New York prison escapee turns 35 on ninth day of manhunt
NEW YORK (Reuters) – One of the two men who escaped from a New York prison last week turned 35 on Sunday as the pair marked their ninth day on the run and fresh details emerged about the help they got from a female prison worker to stage the daring jai…
Two teens injured in shark attacks at North Carolina island resort
(Reuters) – Two teenagers enjoying a day at the beach were badly mauled in separate shark attacks less than two hours apart on Sunday in coastal waters off Oak Island, North Carolina, casting a pall over the start of that tiny resort town’s summer tour…
Two charged in shooting mishap at New York’s Waldorf Astoria
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two brothers have been criminally charged in connection with an accidental shooting during a weekend wedding reception in which four people were slightly wounded in the lobby of New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel, police said on Sund…
Two men stabbed to death in parking lot fight in Virginia
(Reuters) – Two men were stabbed to death and another suffered non-life threatening injuries during a fight in a parking lot at a Virginia shopping center early Sunday morning, authorities said.
Maryland man arrested, charged with shooting ice cream truck driver
(Reuters) – A Maryland man was arrested on Sunday after he fatally shot an ice cream truck driver in front of children waiting in line to buy frozen treats, according to police.
Waco gang fight killings cloud biker party in Texas capital
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A party for 50,000 bikers held under heavy police presence in the Texas capital of Austin ended without major incident on Sunday, an event drawing extra scrutiny after a fight among rival motorcycle gangs in Waco last month le…
U.S., Venezuelan officials meet in Haiti, continue quiet diplomacy
CARACAS (Reuters) – A U.S. envoy has met Venezuela’s second most powerful official in Haiti in a further sign of rapprochement between the ideological foes, according to Venezuelan state media.
New York prison escapee turns 35 on ninth day of manhunt
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the hunt for a pair of inmates who escaped from an upstate New York prison entered its ninth day on Sunday, new details emerged about how a female prison worker now under arrest promised to help them in a daring breakout.
The voice of opposition past, Justice Kennedy may save Obamacare now
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Justice Anthony Kennedy was furious when a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama’s healthcare law. As he read the dissenting opinion from the bench three years ago, his anger was palpable. The majority regards its opinion “as judicial modesty,” he declared. “It is not. It amounts instead to a vast judicial over-reaching.”
Clinton pitches to working Americans at presidential campaign rally
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton promised on Saturday to fight for a fairer society for ordinary Americans, staking out a place on the left to cut off any budding challenge for the Democratic nomination.
