Father blames government ‘idiots’ as California town mourns killings
SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) – With a California town grieving the deaths of six college students killed by a mentally ill man, one victim’s father on Monday blamed the killings on politicians who failed to tighten gun laws after a mass school s…
With nod to veterans’ scandal, Obama pays Memorial Day tribute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama paid tribute on Monday to fallen U.S. military men and women during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery that highlighted a veterans’ care scandal that has engulfed his presidency in recen…
Alaska wildfire burns 250 square miles, 1,000 buildings evacuated
(Reuters) – A spreading Alaskan wildfire has forced the evacuation of about 1,000 buildings but firefighters have gained ground by containing about 30 percent of the wind-driven blaze, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said on Monday.
American doctor shot dead in Pakistan in suspected sectarian attack
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A volunteer American cardiologist was shot dead in Pakistan on Monday, a member of his minority Ahmadi community said, the latest attack on a group which says it is Muslim but whose religion is rejected by the state.
Top CIA officer in Afghanistan mistakenly named by White House: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House inadvertently included the name of the top CIA official in Afghanistan on a list of participants in a military briefing with President Barack Obama that was distributed to reporters on Sunday, the Washington Post …
California gunman, in manifesto, said police nearly thwarted plot
SANTA BARBARA, California (Reuters) – A 22-year-old man who killed six people before taking his own life in a rampage through a California college town said in a chilling manifesto that police who knocked on his door last month to check on his welfare …
Aging veterans build online honor roll of fallen comrades
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Air Force veteran Don Skinner, 83, wakes at dawn’s early light, downs a cholesterol pill, blood thinner and some instant coffee then boots up his computer to spend eight hours each day telling war stories of the fallen who can’t sp…
Three shot dead at South Carolina oceanfront hotel
(Reuters) – Three people were killed and a fourth wounded in a shooting at a oceanfront hotel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the U.S. Southeast, police said on Sunday.
Senator to renew gun control push after California shooting spree
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Richard Blumenthal said on Sunday he wanted to revive gun control legislation rejected by Congress in the wake of the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre, saying it could have helped prevent this weekend’s deadly C…
Police officer for Arizona American Indian community killed on duty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A police officer on a Native American Indian reservation in Arizona was shot dead while sitting in his patrol vehicle after ordering a car to pull over, police said Sunday.
