Toronto council curbs Mayor Ford’s powers after chaotic debate
TORONTO (Reuters) – Toronto’s City Council voted overwhelmingly on Monday to limit further the powers of embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who denounced the move as a coup d’etat and warned political foes of an election battle next year to rival the Gu…
Lion kills lioness in front of visitors at Dallas Zoo
AUSTIN (Reuters) – A male lion killed a lioness with a crushing bite to the neck in the Dallas Zoo at the weekend as families and other stunned visitors looked on, and the zoo said it was investigating what may have triggered the seemingly unprovoked a…
Florida death row inmate wins stay, hearing on new execution drug
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – The Florida Supreme Court ordered a hearing for a man due to be executed next month for multiple murders, after his lawyers challenged the use of a new anesthetic chemical in the state’s three-drug method of lethal inje…
Survivors of deadly Midwest tornado sift through wreckage
WASHINGTON, Illinois (Reuters) – When a powerful tornado bore down on the small city of Washington, Illinois, on Sunday, Ryan Bowers took his wife’s advice and sheltered in the basement with their 2-1/2-month-old daughter and their pet dogs.
George Zimmerman arrested for domestic violence: police
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) – George Zimmerman, who was acquitted this summer in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, was arrested on Monday after he allegedly pointed a shotgun at his girlfriend during a domestic dispute, police…
U.S. justice airs concerns about using race in picking lawyers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Supreme Court justice expressed concerns on Monday about how a federal judge required plaintiffs’ lawyers to take race and gender into account in picking their legal team.
Pilot protests $3,000 bill for landing on Pennsylvania Turnpike
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – A pilot who landed his small plane on a rural stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike after its propeller fell off is protesting a $3,000 bill he received for towing his aircraft from the roadway, saying such fees could cause other …
Drug-taking Toronto mayor poses dilemma for Canadian government
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Toronto’s crack-smoking Mayor Rob Ford is a headache Canada’s right-leaning government could do without.
North Dakota white supremacist accused of terrorizing town: prosecutor
(Reuters) – A U.S. white supremacist was charged on Monday with terrorizing residents of the small North Dakota town where he had sought to create a white enclave, authorities said.
Imelda Marcos’ former secretary convicted in art scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Imelda Marcos’ former secretary was convicted on Monday of conspiring to sell art that the former Philippine first lady acquired during her husband’s presidency, including a famous Claude Monet water-lily painting.
