U.S. official praises new tone with Cuba, visits jailed contractor
HAVANA (Reuters) – A U.S. State Department official in Cuba for migration talks praised on Friday the tone of current relations between the United States and Cuba, and visited jailed U.S. contractor Alan Gross during a three-day trip to the Communist-r…
Florida woman who fired ‘warning shot’ at husband remains free on bond
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – A Florida woman released on bond after a public outcry over the 20-year prison sentence she got for firing a “warning shot” during an argument with her abusive husband, will not be sent back to jail, despite having vio…
FBI completes probe of Chechen man shot during questioning in Florida
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The FBI has concluded its investigation into the shooting of a Chechen immigrant who was killed while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, an official said on Friday.
Texas hotel death sparks petition for in-room 911 dial-through
(Reuters) – A 9-year-old girl’s vain attempt to reach police by calling 911 as her mother lay dying in a Texas hotel room has generated a national petition drive to require that emergency services be accessible from all hotel rooms simply by dialing 91…
Renoir bought for $7 at W. Virginia flea market ordered returned to museum
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) – A napkin-size Renoir painting bought for $7 at a flea market but valued at up to $100,000 must be returned to the museum it was stolen from in 1951, a federal judge ordered on Friday.
U.S. Congress to pass stopgap funding bill next week: top Republican
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives next week will pass a stop-gap funding measure to prevent a government shutdown for three days as negotiators try to finalize a $1 trillion spending bill, Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor s…
U.S. Navy drops charges against cadet accused of sex crime
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Charges have been dropped against a former U.S. Naval Academy football player who was accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman, the school said on Friday.
Franklin McCain dies, helped launch protest of whites-only lunch counters in U.S
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – African-American civil rights leader Franklin McCain, who as a college student helped launch the U.S. sit-in movement against segregation at whites-only lunch counters, has died, his alma mater said on Friday.
Boston mobster Bulger, girlfriend exchanged prison love notes: atty
BOSTON (Reuters) – Convicted gangster James “Whitey” Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, exchanged love letters on a legal pad provided by a defense attorney who visited them in prison before the mobster went on trial last year, local media rep…
VW poised for SUV go-ahead as U.S. slide threatens goals
BERLIN/DETROIT (Reuters) – Volkswagen is preparing to build sport utility vehicles in North America as it struggles to conquer a market whose resistance is threatening its bid to be world No. 1.
