Rain, cooler temperatures ease wildfire threat in U.S. Northwest
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – Lower temperatures and scattered rain brought a reprieve Thursday to the wildfire-scorched U.S. Northwest, where firefighters said they hoped to regain control of blazes that had flared during extreme heat this week.
U.S. Embassy dependents to leave Sierra Leone due to Ebola
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it had ordered family members at the U.S. Embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone to depart because of limitations on regular medical care as a result of the Ebola outbreak.
U.S. sovereign group’s leader convicted of selling fake IDs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal jury in Virginia has found an Ohio man who led an anti-government group guilty of selling fake diplomatic IDs to help group members avoid arrest or paying taxes and debts, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Alex…
Obama says time for healing, transparency in Missouri shooting
EDGARTOWN Mass. (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday called for peace on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer and urged authorities to be transparent in their invest…
Central America braces for drought-linked food crisis
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Low rainfall linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon has led to drought in parts of Central America, causing widespread damage to crops, shortages and rising prices of food, and worsening hunger among the region’s poor.
Arizona State football player tells magazine he is gay
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona college football player has told a magazine he is gay, probably making him the first active major college football player to come out publicly.
‘Butler’ director Daniels faces $25 million suit by hip-hop mogul
(Reuters) – Director Lee Daniels is facing a $25 million lawsuit over claims he failed to pay back hip-hop mogul-turned-fashion entrepreneur Damon Dash, or give him production credits, after Dash invested millions of dollars in his projects.
Philadelphia police seek killer of man shot outside peace concert
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Philadelphia police on Thursday hunted for the shooter of a man slain outside a concert held to promote peace in the streets of the violence-plagued Pennsylvania city.
Attorneys for Boston bomber suspect, feds squabble over evidence
BOSTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev argued on Thursday over how much evidence each side needs to disclose to the other ahead of his trial for the deadly attack.
Black smoke from routine burn-off at Delek’s Tyler, Texas refinery: report
(Reuters) – Black smoke was reported from the Delek U.S. Holdings refinery at Tyler, Texas, according to a report on the KLTV news website.
