Obama visits Midway Atoll, a symbol of his climate, Asia legacy

HONOLULU (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday was set to visit Midway Atoll, the remote coral reef that serves as a reminder of both modern global climate challenges and the dominance the United States has held in the Pacific since its World War Two victory there.

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Romanian hacker 'Guccifer' sentenced to 52 months in U.S. prison

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Romanian hacker nicknamed "Guccifer" who helped expose the existence of a private email domain Hillary Clinton used when she was U.S. secretary of state was sentenced on Thursday to 52 months in prison by a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.

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White nationalists use Twitter with 'relative impunity': report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White nationalists and self-identified Nazi sympathizers located mostly in the United States use Twitter with “relative impunity” and often have far more followers than militant Islamists, a study being released on Thursday found.

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Washington's Georgetown University to make amends for slavery history

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Georgetown University will take steps to atone for its historical links to slavery, including granting admissions preference for descendants of slaves whose sale benefited the U.S. school, officials said on Thursday.

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Stanford sex assault case spurs get-tough rape proposals

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner will be released on Friday after serving three months for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman near a fraternity party, a sentence that has ignited fierce debate over the way California defines and punishes rape.

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Ex-Air China worker charged by U.S. for smuggling for Chinese military

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An ex-Air China Ltd employee was indicted on Wednesday for smuggling packages onto flights from New York to China on behalf of Chinese military personnel stationed at the country's U.N. mission, U.S. prosecutors said.

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Hurricane warning issued for parts of Florida; Madeline weakens off Hawaii

(Reuters) - Forecasters and public officials urged Floridians to prepare for potentially catastrophic flooding and damaging winds as Tropical Storm Hermine was expected to become a hurricane by the time it reached Florida's northern Gulf Coast on Thursday.

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