Father of Nicole Brown Simpson dies at age 90
(Reuters) – The father of Nicole Brown Simpson, the slain ex-wife of retired American football star O.J. Simpson, has died, a family spokeswoman said on Friday.
Conjoined Ohio twins, 62, mark a milestone
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The world’s oldest conjoined twins plan to celebrate surpassing the life span of the original “Siamese Twins” on Saturday with a public celebration in Ohio.
Police identify suspect sought in fatal New Orleans shooting
(Reuters) – Police in New Orleans on Friday identified a suspect in a shooting in the city’s popular French Quarter last weekend in which a woman was killed and nine people were wounded.
Protesters gather, await arrival of undocumented immigrants in California
MURRIETA Calif. (Reuters) – Immigration demonstrations intensified in a southern California town on Friday as protesters filled a desolate road to a U.S. Customs and Border Station to await the arrival of undocumented Central American families for proc…
Hot dogs gobbled, small-town parades cheered as U.S. marks soggy July 4
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hot-dog eating champs, backyard picnickers and small-town parade lovers pressed on with Fourth of July celebrations on Friday, some featuring less sizzle than usual after Hurricane Arthur dampened many Independence Day plans.
Weaker Hurricane Arthur heads to Nantucket, Cape Cod
NAGS HEAD N.C. (Reuters) – A weakened Hurricane Arthur was aimed at southern New England on Friday, wielding tropical storm-force winds, after an earlier landfall in North Carolina that caused only slight damage.
Illinois man suspected in two murders is arrested in Wisconsin
(Reuters) – Police in Wisconsin arrested an Illinois man on Friday who is suspected of killing two people and became the target of a nationwide manhunt.
On July Fourth holiday, Obama urges immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Americans on the Independence Day holiday on Friday that welcoming immigrants to the United States is “central to our way of life” as he made an impassioned argument for a new immigration policy.
Ex-priest who killed nun dies in prison after plea rejected
(Reuters) – An ex-priest convicted of murdering a nun died behind bars on Friday, a day after a federal judge rejected his plea for compassionate release for his final days, a spokesman for Ohio’s governor said.
U.S. grounds entire F-35 fleet pending engine inspections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it had grounded the entire fleet of 97 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets until completion of additional inspections of the warplane’s single engine built by Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp.
