U.S. warship hit by technical glitch in Singapore
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The USS Freedom, the first of a new class of U.S. warship, developed technical problems in Singapore hours before it was to take part in a naval exercise in Brunei on the final part of its first major overseas deployment, a senior…
Two men shot at outdoor skating rink in midtown Manhattan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Authorities on Sunday arrested a teenager accused of shooting and wounding two people at a popular outdoor skating rink in midtown Manhattan in what may have been a dispute over a jacket, police said.
NYC asks court to vacate order curbing stop-and-frisk by police
NEW YORK (Reuters) – City attorneys have asked a U.S. appeals court to vacate a federal judge’s decision ordering the New York Police Department to curtail its stop-and-frisk tactics, after the same court removed the judge from the case but left her ru…
Two killed, 19 hurt in Houston-area house party shooting
(Reuters) – Two people were killed and at least 19 injured late on Saturday night near Houston in a hail of bullets unleashed when one of the guests at a house party fired a gun in celebration and another began shooting wildly into the crowd, police sa…
Two men shot at outdoor skating rink in midtown Manhattan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two people were shot and wounded on Saturday night in what may have been a dispute over a jacket at a midtown Manhattan outdoor skating rink that is a popular destination for tourists and shoppers, police said.
Los Angeles schools slow rollout of iPads amid security concerns
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles school district is putting the brakes on a project to give an iPad to each student, a $1 billion initiative that is the largest rollout of its kind in the nation and has been plagued by students hacking the devic…
U.S. bishops to select leaders as Pope urges new focus
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – U.S. Catholic bishops will choose new leaders at an assembly in Baltimore this week and possibly signal a new direction for the American church under the influence of Pope Francis.
Early Obamacare data to signal how many still waiting to enroll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration will release healthcare enrollment numbers for Obamacare’s rocky October rollout this week that could be more important for what they fail to say, than for what they do.
Sentencing to be last chapter in Boston mobster’s reign of terror
BOSTON (Reuters) – Mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, who was convicted of murdering 11 people during his brutal decades-long rule over Boston’s criminal underground, will face those victims’ families when they address the court at his sentencing hearing t…
Worker killed by wildcat at Oregon animal sanctuary: local media
(Reuters) – An employee at an Oregon wildcat sanctuary was found dead at the facility on Saturday, and local media said the woman had been killed by one of the animals.
