• By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court is set on Monday to hear a bid by oil companies ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to thwart a lawsuit by officials in Boulder, Colorado, seeking monetary damages for harms caused by climate change, as the justices open a new nine-month […]
  • By Mike Blake YUMA, Arizona, Oct 5 (Reuters) – The US Army is testing counter-drone technology in the US-Mexico border area, seeking to sharpen its defenses against the growing threat of drone use by cartels and emulate the rapid battlefield innovation happening in Ukraine’s war with Russia. At Falcon Peak, a US Northern Command exercise held […]
  • (Nashville, TN) — Dolly Parton’s nephew is asking for more time to find a lawyer as he fights a temporary restraining order sought by her estate. Bryan Seaver, who is representing himself, wants to delay an October 9th hearing by about 10 days so he can retain an attorney. Parton’s estate alleges Seaver made threats […]
  • By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) – The US Coast Guard has halted its search for six people who were on a medical transport aircraft that crashed off the coast of Massachusetts’ Nantucket Island. Officials said four Canadians and two citizens of Bermuda were on the plane, which was headed for Boston’s Logan International Airport. “Suspending […]
  • By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) – A shooting early on Sunday at a Georgia block party left two people dead and almost three dozen injured, some critically, local and state officials said. Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy told a news conference that two men, aged 21 and 23, were shot dead in […]