Obama ‘shocked’ by Ray Rice video, supports NFL suspension, aide says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama was shocked by the video showing Ray Rice knocking out his then-fiancee and the White House believes the NFL’s indefinite suspension of the former Baltimore Ravens star is appropriate, his chief of staff sa…
Liberal Vermont Senator Sanders may seek U.S. presidency in 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bernie Sanders, one of the Senate’s leading liberals, said on Sunday he is thinking about running for U.S. president in 2016 as either a Democrat or an independent in a move that could complicate Hillary Clinton’s path to the Whi…
North Korea sentences U.S. citizen Matthew Miller to six years hard labor
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea sentenced U.S. citizen Matthew Todd Miller to six years hard labor for committing “hostile acts” as a tourist to the country, a statement carried by state media said on Sunday, as the United States requested his immediate …
Islamic State attracts female jihadis from U.S. heartland
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – U.S. law enforcement is investigating a new phenomenon of women from the American heartland joining Islamic State as President Barack Obama vows to cut off the militants’ recruiting at home.
‘Dolphin Tale’ hero’s new home tangled in aquarium politics
CLEARWATER Fla. (Reuters) – The family-friendly hit “Dolphin Tale,” whose sequel opened in theaters this weekend, tells the true story of a dolphin who learns to swim without a tail. The movie ends with Winter, the tail-less dolphin, helping save the s…
Miss America to be crowned on Sunday in stressed Atlantic City, N.J.
Sept 13 (Reuters) – The winner of the 2015 Miss America Pageant will be crowned on Sunday night in Atlantic City, and the wearer’s glittering tiara will stand in contrast to the tarnished fortunes of this New Jersey beach town where yet another casino …
Contractor dies in Chevron pipeline accident off Louisiana coast
(Reuters) – A Chevron contractor was fatally injured and two people suffered minor injuries on Saturday while performing maintenance on a natural gas pipeline off the Louisiana coast, a Chevron spokesman said.
Crews battle out-of-control wildfire as Southern California bakes
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hundreds of firefighters spent a second day on Saturday battling a wildfire burning out of control in a national forest southeast of Los Angeles, as the region baked under triple-digit temperatures that prompted authorities to i…
U.S. Navy calls off search for pilot in Pacific Ocean crash
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A missing fighter jet pilot was presumed dead on Saturday by U.S. Navy officials, a day after the pilot was involved in a mid-air collision with another jet over the western Pacific Ocean.
Police manhunt underway after trooper shot dead at Pennsylvania barracks
(Reuters) – Police in three states searched on Saturday for a gunman who ambushed two state troopers, killing one of them, in an attack at a law enforcement barracks in Pennsylvania, police said.
