Two students shot at Philadelphia high school; suspect held
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Two students were shot and wounded on Friday at a charter high school in northern Philadelphia, police said, in the latest of a string of school shootings that have helped fuel a national debate over gun laws.
Utah police officer kills four family members, then himself
(Reuters) – A Utah police officer who had complained of marital problems shot and killed his wife, their two children and his mother-in-law before committing suicide, authorities said on Friday.
New York pastor who performed son’s gay wedding faces church trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Methodist pastor in New York is facing a church disciplinary proceeding for officiating at his son’s same-sex marriage ceremony in 2012 in violation of church doctrine, church officials said on Friday.
California governor declares drought emergency
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency on Friday, a move that will allow the parched state to seek federal aid as it grapples with what could turn out to be the driest year in recorded state history for m…
Company in West Virginia chemical spill files for bankruptcy
(Reuters) – Specialty chemicals maker Freedom Industries Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday, eight days after a leak from one of its storage tanks contaminated drinking water for hundreds of thousands of West Virginia residents.
Public help sought in Southern California serial bank robberies
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. federal law enforcement on Friday sought the public’s help in tracking down two serial bank robbers who have held up a combined 19 banks in Southern California in a little over a year, but who are not believed to be acting …
Firefighters make progress controlling California blaze
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Firefighters battling a blaze sweeping across acres of dry brush for a second day in the foothills near Los Angeles gained significant ground on Friday, helped by diminishing winds that allowed most of the evacuated residents to…
Obama bans spying on leaders of U.S. allies, scales back NSA program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama banned U.S. eavesdropping on the leaders of close friends and allies on Friday and began reining in the vast collection of Americans’ phone data in a series of limited reforms triggered by Edward Snowden’s …
U.S. border agent kills man in Arizona desert after struggle
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man in the Arizona desert near the boundary with Mexico on Thursday evening after a brief nighttime struggle over the agent’s gun, police said on Friday.
U.S. court upholds prisoner’s right to taxpayer-funded sex change
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts prisoner suffering from gender identity disorder should be provided a sex-change operation paid for by the state’s prison system, a federal appeals court said on Friday in a first-of-its-kind ruling.
