• By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Protesters calling for tougher action against sexual violence rallied on Thursday outside the New York City courthouse where a Cornell University student stirred a national uproar by suing several campus fraternity members she accused of gang rape. The demonstration, drawing a crowd of hundreds to the […]
  • By Julia Harte and Kristina Cooke NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) – US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and wounded a man on Thursday in his car with a child present in the vehicle in the Bronx borough of New York City, according to the mayor, city police and eyewitness accounts. “Early reports indicate […]
  • By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) – US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week launched an agency-wide effort to study and document any health problems reported after vaccination, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday. The initiative is the latest step by Kennedy, who spent years questioning vaccine safety […]
  • By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) – The US will livestream the Army’s upcoming firing squad execution on December 3 of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in a 2009 shooting spree, a Pentagon official said, in what would be an unprecedented move. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, is set […]
  • By Brad Brooks Oct 8 (Reuters) – Hurricane Isaias strengthened on Thursday as it barreled toward the US Gulf Coast, prompting mandatory evacuations in parts of Florida and emergency declarations in Alabama as forecasters warned of life-threatening storm surges, tornadoes and flooding. Isaias has already severely disrupted oil and gas production in the Gulf of […]