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ReutersTrump, Clinton split wins in early states but bigger battles aheadBy Steve Holland and Emily Stephenson NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton scored early victories on Tuesday in their bitter presidential race, with Trump winning as expected in conservative Kentucky and Indiana while Clinton captured Vermont. The early victories
- ReutersFactbox: State-by-state poll closing times for U.S. election
(Reuters) - The following table lists each state's poll closing time for the U.S. presidential election. Times are shown in U.S. eastern standard time (US EST), Greenwich mean time (GMT), Singapore time and Tokyo time.
- ReutersAt least two people shot near polling place in Southern California
A man armed with a rifle opened fire on Tuesday near a polling station in the Southern California town of Azusa, wounding two to three people and prompting authorities to lock down the polling place and surrounding park, police said. A spokesman for the sheriff, Deputy Vincent Plair, said there was
- ReutersOklahoma regulators target more disposal wells following Cushing quake
By Liz Hampton HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) on Tuesday said it was implementing an action plan that shuts or reduces volumes from 58 wastewater disposal wells in the Arbuckle formation of Oklahoma following Sunday's magnitude 5.0 earthquake. In a statement, the
ReutersSouth Carolina church shooter's trial delayed over competency issueA federal judge on Tuesday said he had ordered an evaluation into whether accused white supremacist Dylann Roof was competent to stand trial for the fatal shootings of nine people at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, last year. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel also postponed jury
ReutersEnergy Transfer says not slowing construction of North Dakota pipelineThe owners of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Tuesday said it was moving equipment to prepare for tunneling under Lake Oahe, the water source that has been a focus of protests, even as federal regulators have not given a go-ahead signal that the line will be able to proceed. Army Corps spokesman Thomas
ReutersIllinois abuse victim's lawsuit against ex-U.S. House speaker to proceedBy Timothy Mclaughlin CHICAGO (Reuters) - A sexual abuse victim will continue to try to collect $1.8 million from former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, the victim's attorney said on Tuesday, after an Illinois judge denied Hastert's motion to dismiss a breach-of-contract lawsuit. The plaintiff
- ReutersLA County supervisors to vote on restricting Aliso Canyon gas injection
SoCalGas, owned by California energy company Sempra Energy, sought state permission to re-inject gas into Aliso Canyon, shut over a year ago after a massive leak forced the evacuation of thousands in the Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles.
ReutersU.S. watchdog told Medicare, Medicaid that EpiPen was misclassified in 2009: senatorThe internal watchdog at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services warned the office tasked with administering federal health insurance programs that Mylan NV's EpiPen was improperly classified as a generic drug in 2009, Senator Charles Grassley said on Tuesday. In a press release, Grassley
ReutersWoman charged in New York City subway deathA woman has been charged with murder in the death of a female commuter who was pushed in front of an oncoming train at New York City's Times Square Station, police said on Tuesday. Melanie Liverpool, 30, was charged with second-degree murder, police said. Authorities said she was arrested on Monday
- ReutersLong lines, raised voices, one Trump lawsuit on U.S. election day
Voters reported long lines, malfunctioning equipment, and isolated cases of harassment at polling places in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election as fears of bigger problems did not appear to be materializing. Civil rights groups said they were receiving complaints about intimidating behavior at
ReutersEx-officer in Ohio shooting says he shot black man in self-defenseA former University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murdering a black man during a traffic stop said on Tuesday he acted in self-defense, fearing he would be killed if he did not shoot. Officer Ray Tensing, 26, said in Cincinnati's Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas he would have been
- ReutersFormer U.S. intelligence official sentenced to prison for child porn
Army Lieutenant Colonel Steven Frederiksen, 42, of Stafford, Virginia, was also sentenced in U.S. District Court to 20 years of supervised release for luring four girls ages 14 to 17 into producing pornography through social media and messaging applications on his government-issued computer, the U.S.
- ReutersU.S. justices could allow Miami to sue banks over lending bias
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated it could allow Miami to pursue lawsuits accusing major banks of predatory mortgage lending to black and Hispanic home buyers resulting in loan defaults that drove down city tax revenues and property values. The eight justices heard arguments in appeals filed
ReutersOrlando could make Pulse club a memorial to massacre victimsMembers of Orlando's City Council are due to vote on Monday on whether to approve an agreement between the city and Pulse's owner to purchase the dance club for $2.25 million. "This location is now a permanent part of Orlando's history. It's the site of the most tragic event that
- ReutersTwo Florida men sentenced in $46 million biodiesel fraud scheme
Two Florida men were each sentenced to more than a decade in prison in a more than $46 million biodiesel fraud scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of such cases involving the national biofuel program. Thomas Davanzo of Estero and Robert Fedyna of Naples were
- ReutersMan dies at Russian consulate in New York
A 63-year-old man was found dead with head trauma inside the Russian consulate in New York City on Tuesday without any indication of foul play, police said. Police responded less than an hour after polls opened in New York following a presidential campaign in which Russia was a leading issue. The Russian
ReutersAccused UK 'flash crash' trader extradited to face U.S. chargesNavinder Sarao, 37, who traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) from his parents' home near London's Heathrow Airport, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Chicago on Wednesday morning after losing a legal challenge to his extradition. Sarao, who denies wrongdoing, arrived in the
ReutersWoman pushed to her death in front of New York subway trainA woman shoved an unsuspecting traveler off a New York City subway platform into the path of an approaching train on Monday afternoon, killing the victim instantly as bystanders watched in horror, police said. "What happened here today is tragic," Joseph Fox, chief of transit for the New York
- ReutersAsia sees changed U.S. relationship, whoever wins
By Linda Sieg and Gayatri Suroyo TOKYO/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Win or lose, Donald Trump's campaign has changed the way countries in Asia view their relationships with Washington. Final polling suggests the most likely outcome is a victory for Hillary Clinton. "With or without Trump, this marks
- ReutersJury awards $3 million in damages over Rolling Stone rape story
The 10-person U.S. District Court jury in Charlottesville, Virginia, determined that the writer of the article, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, should pay $2 million in damages and the magazine $1 million to the administrator, Nicole Eramo. Eramo, the former associate dean of students at the university, had sought
ReutersExclusive: FedEx grounds one plane over GE engine part concernEngine-maker GE on Friday alerted airlines about a small number of parts under investigation following American Airlines Flight 383, which caught fire on Oct. 28. In a statement, FedEx spokesman Chris Allen said the company was notified that an engine in one MD11 aircraft was affected. The component
ReutersGunman in deadly L.A. airport attack sentenced to life in prisonThe man who walked into a Los Angeles International Airport terminal and opened fire with an assault rifle in 2013, killing a security screener and wounding three other people, was sentenced on Monday to spend the rest of his life in prison. Addressing the court before sentencing, Paul Anthony Ciancia
ReutersRobert Durst of 'The Jinx' pleads not guilty to murder in Los AngelesWealthy Manhattan real estate scion Robert Durst, whose ties to several slayings were chronicled in the chilling HBO documentary "The Jinx," pleaded not guilty on Monday to murder in the fatal shooting of a close friend 16 years ago in Los Angeles. Durst previously was tried and acquitted
ReutersThird body found on South Carolina property of accused mass killerThe last two bodies unearthed have not yet been identified, even by gender, Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger told reporters at a press conference. Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright has said that suspect Todd Kohlhepp, 45, may ultimately be linked to as many as seven murders. Kohlhepp
