HOUSTON (Reuters) - One person was fatally shot on Friday and another person was wounded in a shooting an apartment complex adjacent to the campus of Texas Southern University in Houston, and two suspects have been taken into custody, the school said.
Oct 9 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the World Cup pool stage matches on Friday RESULTS New Zealand 47 Tonga 9 Pool C STANDINGS P W D F A B Pts Pool A 1. Australia 3 3 0 126 29 1 13 2. Wales 3 3 0 105 47 1 13 3. England 3 1 0 73 72 2 6 4. Fiji 4 1 0 84 101 1 5 5. Uruguay 3 0 0 27 166 0 0 Pool B 1. South Africa 4 3 0 176 56 4 16 2. Scotland 3 2 0 100 60 2 10 3. Japan 3 2 0 70 82 0 8 4.
NEWCASTLE, England, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Centre Ma'a Nonu marked his 100th test appearance with a late try in New Zealand's 47-9 victory over Tonga on Friday which sealed top spot in Pool C for the Rugby World Cup holders.
NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A deputy United Nations ambassador from the Dominican Republic facing U.S. charges over a bribery scheme had his bail set at $2 million on Friday, despite a prosecutor's warnings that he poses a flight risk.
Anthony Zettel said, in the waning days of summer, just before his final season at Penn State began, that he plays with a “switch.”
Читать дальше...(Reuters) - Health insurer Cigna Corp on Friday agreed to drop its requirement that patients with HIV/AIDS get some of their medications exclusively through its mail-order pharmacy, settling a consumer lawsuit.
(Reuters) - Health insurer Cigna Corp on Friday agreed to drop its requirement that patients with HIV/AIDS get some of their medications exclusively through its mail-order pharmacy, settling a consumer lawsuit.
The repeated message this week from Gov. Nikki Haley to the people of South Carolina in the path of floodwaters has not changed: if emergency officials knock on your door, listen and leave.
Authorities are manning more than a dozen checkpoints near the Waccamaw River to let Horry County residents in, while keeping would-be looters out.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Koopsta Knicca, from Oscar-winning Tennessee rap group Three 6 Mafia, died Friday in Memphis at age 40 after suffering a brain aneurysm, the band said.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Christian Democrats voted on Friday to push for Sweden to join NATO, meaning all four parties from the centre-right opposition are now in favour of NATO membership while the present red-green coalition government is against.
The latest on a shooting outside a Texas Southern University student housing complex (all times local):
CARDIFF, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Ireland's rugby squad from the Northern province of Ulster to the southern tip of Munster drew inspiration ahead of Sunday's World Cup showdown with France from the Northern Irish and Irish soccer teams' heroics.
The latest developments in the awarding of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. All times local.
The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Friday that a Fed rate hike remains likely this year but that a final decision will depend on how the economy performs.
Charleston police have charged a man they believe is involved in a fatal shooting that happened last month.
DETROIT, Oct 9 (Reuters) - United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams on Friday said that the new proposed four-year contract with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV gives lower paid workers a clearer path to top pay.
BOSTON (Reuters) - People who want to see New England's colorful fall foliage no longer need to travel for the experience. A Boston-area man is offering to ship bundles of the dried up, multi-colored vegetation straight to your door for $19.99.
The restoration of King Tutankhamun's world-famous golden mask will begin Saturday, over a year after the beard was accidentally broken off and hastily glued back with epoxy, Egypt's state-run news agency said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives petition to revive the shuttered U.S. Export-Import Bank drew enough support on Friday to force a vote as soon as Oct. 26 but the effort to renew the trade bank's charter faced obstacles in the Senate.
BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China said on Friday it would not stand for violations of its territorial waters in the name of freedom of navigation, as the United States considers sailing warships close to China's artificial islands in the South China Sea.
TORONTO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Friday approved a settlement that clears the way for payments to victims of Canada's Lac-Megantic crude-by-rail derailment, according to the trustee for the insolvent railway at the heart of the disaster.
NEW YORK/MILWAUKEE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Two influential Federal Reserve policymakers on Friday reinforced Fed Chair Janet Yellen's message that an interest rate hike is coming by year's end.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Friday voted to amend the mandate of a peacekeeping mission in South Sudan so it can back implementation of a recent peace deal, but Russia and Venezuela abstained over concerns about sanctions and surveillance drones.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Computer science has for the first time become the most popular major for female students at Stanford University, a hopeful sign for those trying to build up the thin ranks of women in the technology field.