Senate aims to vote Monday on $1.1 trillion spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Friday struggled to pass a $1.1 trillion spending bill that would avert a looming federal government shutdown, postponing a vote until Monday when procedural hurdles begin to evaporate.
Ho, ho, holdup! Bank robbers get busy during holidays
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – End-of-year holidays mean a lot of things – Santa, carols, parties, cards and gifts. They also mean more bank robberies.
New York man pleads guilty to fake anthrax, ricin attacks
SYRACUSE, N.Y (Reuters) – A New York man pleaded guilty to mailing more than 20 death-threat letters he claimed were laced with anthrax or ricin to schools and U.S. officials and lawmakers, including Senator John McCain, between 1997 and 2012, a U.S. a…
After racial tumult, NBA opens floor to social activism
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – When a wave of the NBA’s biggest stars donned “I can’t breathe” shirts – the rallying cry of demonstrators against U.S. policing tactics in black communities – it highlighted the power and influence wielded by today’s profession…
Houston baby found alive in Mexico after mother’s body discovered in fridge
HOUSTON (Reuters) – An 11-month-old Houston boy was found alive in Mexico on Friday, four days after his mother’s body was discovered stuffed in a refrigerator at the family’s apartment, and the boy’s father was detained for questioning, police said.
U.S. opts not to force N.Y. Times reporter to reveal source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has decided not to force a New York Times reporter to divulge the identity of a confidential source for a book that detailed a failed CIA effort to undermine Iran’s nuclear weapons program, a per…
Mississippi pastor trots out horse in wedding dress to protest gay marriage
(Reuters) – A Mississippi pastor brought a horse in a wedding dress to stand with him outside a federal courthouse on Friday in Jackson to protest a federal judge’s ruling, currently on hold, to overturn the socially conservative state’s ban on gay mar…
Sony executive may face call from Sharpton to resign over emails about race
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton will meet next week with Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal and decide whether her emails about President Barack Obama’s race warrant calling for her resignation.
Police charge Atlanta suspect with killing two homeless men, hair stylist
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Police on Friday filed murder charges against a man accused of fatally shooting two sleeping homeless men in downtown Atlanta and a suburban hair stylist over the last two weeks.
New York protesters ‘blow the whistle’ at police stations
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Demonstrators staged mass “whistle-blowing” rallies outside police stations across New York City on Friday to start a second weekend of planned protests against the killing of an unarmed black man by a white patrolman.
