U.S. Republican Senator still undecided on Ebola funding increase
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican Senator James Inhofe has not yet agreed to release additional Defense Department funds for a military mission to fight Ebola in West Africa, his spokeswoman said on Thursday, citing concerns over protecting milita…
Ex-Premier of Cayman Islands acquitted of corruption charges
GEORGE TOWN Cayman Islands (Reuters) – The former premier of the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush, was found not guilty on charges of corruption by a local jury on Thursday, a court official confirmed.
Miami Beach cheers success of flood pumps against ‘King Tide’
MIAMI BEACH Fla. (Reuters) – Miami Beach residents breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday as newly installed pumps kept streets dry during the seaside city’s highest tides of the year.
Pakistani woman acclaimed by Islamists allowed to end U.S. appeal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Pakistani neuroscientist whom Islamist militants have tried to free in proposed prisoner swaps with the United States was allowed on Thursday to withdraw what could be the last appeal of her conviction on U.S. charges of attempte…
Wildfire burns five homes near Sacramento, threatens 1,000 more
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – A wildfire northeast of Sacramento has burned 420 acres (170 hectares) and destroyed five homes, California fire officials said on Thursday.
Two adults, two boys killed at New York home
GUILDERLAND N.Y. (Reuters) – Two adults and two children of Chinese descent have been killed in a central New York house, police said on Thursday.
U.S. House Republicans release $750 million in Ebola funds to Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday agreed to release $700 million more to fight Ebola from the Defense Department’s request to shift $1 billion in war funds, bringing the total so far to $750 million.
Detroit talks with holdout creditor move to New York as clock ticks
DETROIT (Reuters) – Mediation for the last, and potentially one of the biggest, settlements in Detroit’s historic bankruptcy case has moved to New York City, a Detroit spokesman said on Thursday, amid a newspaper report that a potential deal with Finan…
NYC lawyer accused of rape removes himself from chokehold lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A high-profile lawyer accused of raping a woman in his New York City apartment last week has said he will no longer handle a planned wrongful-death lawsuit against the city by the family of Eric Garner, who died after police put hi…
Man arrested in murder of Southern California transgender activist
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 38-year-old man has been arrested in the murder of a transgender and immigrant rights activist who was found slain behind a Southern California fast food restaurant in June, police said on Wednesday.
