Shippers plan four-day partial shutdown of West Coast ports
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Shipping lines will partially shut down 29 West Coast ports for four of the next five days, the companies said on Wednesday, as they postponed the latest round of protracted labor talks with the dockworkers union amid mounting c…
‘American Sniper’ Kyle called Texas murder defendant ‘nuts’
STEPHENVILLE, Texas (Reuters) – Shortly before being slain, Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL whose autobiography was turned into the hit movie “American Sniper,” texted a friend next to him in a pickup truck that the man who moments later would shoot them bot…
Shooting deaths of young Muslims leave North Carolina community reeling
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (Reuters) – In post-9/11 America, Aya Zouhri and her fellow Muslim female friends who cover their heads with scarves say they are used to getting occasional dirty looks or ugly comments from strangers.
Judge rules federal interstate handgun transfer ban unconstitutional
(Reuters) – A U.S. ban on the interstate sales of handguns by federal firearms dealers to buyers from other states violates the U.S. Constitution, a federal judge in Texas ruled on Wednesday.
NYC police officer charged in stairwell shooting of unarmed man
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A rookie New York City police officer was charged with second-degree manslaughter and five other offenses on Wednesday for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in a dark stairwell of a housing project last November.
‘American Sniper’ Kyle called Texas murder defendant ‘nuts’
STEPHENVILLE, Texas (Reuters) – Shortly before being slain, Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL whose autobiography was turned into the hit movie “American Sniper,” texted a friend next to him in a pickup truck that the man who moments later would shoot them bot…
Polygamist wedding officiant gets early release in Texas
DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) – Texas has granted an early parole to Fredrick Merril Jessop, a former polygamist bishop serving time for officiating at the marriage of his then 12-year-old daughter to sect leader Warren Jeffs, officials said on Wednesday.
U.S. gunman kills three young Muslims; motive disputed
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (Reuters) – A gunman who had posted anti-religious messages on Facebook and quarreled with neighbors was charged with killing three young Muslims in what police said on Wednesday was a dispute over parking and possibly a hate crime.
San Francisco commuters possibly exposed to measles on train
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Commuters on San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit system may have been exposed to measles last week after an East Bay resident with the disease rode a BART train to and from work in the city for three days while infectious, …
FAA approves expansion of drone research flights in North Dakota
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it has expanded the area in North Dakota where research flights of small drones are permitted as the drone industry eagerly awaits rules on commercial use of the unmanned…
