Testimony ends in trial of man accused of 1979 murder of NY boy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Testimony concluded on Thursday in the trial of a former deli worker accused of the 1979 murder of a missing New York City boy, and the jury is expected to begin deliberations next week.
Oklahoma Senate backs bill allowing nitrogen use in executions
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The Oklahoma Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would allow nitrogen gas as an execution method, a measure adopted after the flawed 2014 lethal-injection execution of an inmate whose intravenous line was improperly placed b…
NBA player stabbed in New York vows to make ‘a full recovery’
(Reuters) – Indiana Pacers forward Chris Copeland was recovering at a New York hospital on Thursday after undergoing surgery on his abdomen and elbow from knife wounds and said he would “work hard to make a full recovery.”
Canadian designer Nygård links NY billionaire Bacon to Bahamas fire
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Canadian fashion designer Peter Nygård escalated his acrimonious U.S. legal battle with Louis Bacon, saying the billionaire hedge fund manager may have driven a groundskeeper to set a fire that heavily damaged Nygård’s neighboring Bahamas beachfront estate.
Former Rhode Island Governor Chafee mulls White House run
(Reuters) – Former Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee said on Thursday he was mulling a run for the White House, becoming the first Democrat to publicly challenge presumed front-runner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
‘No pizza for gay weddings’ triggers one-sided LGBT fundraising battle
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Jason Nguyen saw that a crowdfunding campaign for a pizza restaurant in Indiana that refused to provide pizzas for same-sex weddings had raised more than $800,000 in less than a week, he decided to launch hi…
Rand Paul up, Clinton down in 2016 presidential poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Hillary Clinton has slipped against leading 2016 Republican candidates in Colorado, Iowa and Virginia, according to a poll released on Thursday that cited damage from the furor over the former secretary of state’s emails…
Most Americans side with gays in religious freedom disputes: Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of Americans believe businesses should not be allowed to refuse services based on their religious beliefs in the wake of controversies in Indiana and Arkansas over gay rights and religious freedom, a Reuters/Ipsos poll…
U.S. regulator warns of rust on brakes in cold-weather states
DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. safety regulators on Thursday warned millions of owners of older model vehicles in “Rust Belt” states to get their brake systems checked for corrosion, a warning that stems from a long-running investigation of complaints about …
Surge in voter turnout gives blacks new voice in Ferguson, Missouri
(Reuters) – A surge in voter turnout helped elect two new black city council members in Ferguson, a Missouri city found by the U.S. Justice Department to be rife with racial abuses in its police and court systems.
