Attorney says Bergdahl grateful to Obama for freedom
SALMON Idaho (Reuters) – U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl is grateful to President Barack Obama for the prisoner exchange that freed him from five years as a captive of the Taliban and wishes for privacy concerning family matters, his attorney said on …
U.S. beauty pageant winner sues after being stripped of crown
(Reuters) – A beauty pageant winner who was stripped of her Miss Delaware crown for being a few months too old is suing the Miss America organization, saying officials knew her age and disqualified her unfairly, court documents filed on Wednesday show….
Fight over human trafficking law jeopardizes U.S. response to border crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic lawmakers’ deep resistance to changing a 2008 law that combats human trafficking threatened on Wednesday to slow the government’s response to a surge of 57,000 undocumented Central American children across the sou…
Israeli-Palestinian clash echoed on University of California council
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A student with strong ties to Israel was appointed to the governing council of the University of California Wednesday amid debate similar to that which arose last year after the Board of Regents chose a Muslim student active i…
Four more charged with hate crimes tied to 2011 Mississippi slaying
JACKSON Miss. (Reuters) – Four white Mississippi residents pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal hate crime charges stemming from an attack on a black man run over by a truck and killed, in a case that has already yielded six convictions.
Missouri executes triple murderer after stay is lifted
(Reuters) – After a nearly day-long delay amid a flurry of final appeals, Missouri put to death a triple murderer who had claimed both that he was innocent and that he suffered from mental incompetence.
New York’s MTA, unions to continue talks Thursday to avert strike
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and unions representing 5,400 workers on the Long Island Rail Road will continue talks to avert a strike that would cripple the nation’s largest commuter railway, both sides said o…
Funeral held for six killed in Texas family shooting
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of mourners heard relatives share pleasant memories on Wednesday at the funeral of six family members, including four children, who were shot dead execution-style in their suburban Houston home last week.
Couple sought in North Carolina theft of $10,000 dinosaur replica
RALEIGH N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina police said on Wednesday they were looking for a man and woman caught on video pilfering a duck-billed dinosaur replica valued at $10,000 from a state science museum.
Colorado judge proposes new trial date for accused theater gunman
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado judge overseeing the murder case against accused theater gunman James Holmes proposed on Wednesday that jury selection begin in December for the trial that has already been postponed three times, a court filing shows.
