Mississippi police probe actions by Senate candidate’s supporters
JACKSON Miss. (Reuters) – A campaign official for U.S. Senate candidate Chris McDaniel and two others are under investigation in Mississippi after being found locked inside a courthouse where ballots in Tuesday’s Republican primary had been counted hou…
Governors Ball aims to put New York on music festival map
NEW YORK (Reuters) – After gale-force winds and rain marred last year’s event, New York will host the fourth Governors Ball on Friday, which could be its answer to Lollapalooza and Coachella and the city’s most successful attempt yet to establish a hom…
Freed U.S. soldier Bergdahl improving, hasn’t spoken with parents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl is showing improvement during his treatment after nearly five years in captivity but has still not spoken with his family, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
Obama: ‘no apologies’ on deal to free Bergdahl from Taliban
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would make “no apologies” for agreeing to a deal that released Taliban detainee Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, despite controversy in Washington that Congress was not notified ahead of time.
On iconic U.S. Route 66, German and Italian POWs lie in Oklahoma graves
EL RENO Okla. (Reuters) – Along America’s most fabled road, Route 66, lie the almost forgotten graves of German and Italian prisoners of war brought to Oklahoma some 70 years ago and who now rest in the red soil of a former Wild West pioneer outpost.
U.S. Navy jet crashes in ocean off California, no injuries
(Reuters) – A U.S. Navy jet crashed into the ocean off Southern California while trying to land on an aircraft carrier during a training mission on Wednesday night, the Navy said. The pilot ejected from the jet and no one was hurt.
Crowd turns out in Philadelphia to mourn, honor Lewis Katz
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A celebrity-studded crowd turned out on Wednesday to mourn Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner and philanthropist Lewis Katz, who was killed in a weekend plane crash.
34 injured in fire that destroyed New York apartment house
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A five-alarm fire broke out in a New York City apartment house early on Thursday, injuring 23 firefighters and 11 other people and reportedly leading one desperate man to drop his children from a second-story window into a neighbor…
Snowden’s lawyer says assumes his Russian asylum will be extended
BERLIN (Reuters) – A lawyer for former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden told German radio on Thursday that he expected his client’s asylum in Russia to be extended beyond July.
Freed soldier’s hometown cancels rally amid anger over swap
KABUL (Reuters) – The political uproar over the prisoner swap that won the release of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl from Taliban captivity intensified on Wednesday when his hometown canceled plans for a rally celebrating his return amid allegations …
