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May 02, 2015 WORLD HEADLINES

It's a girl – Britain's Duchess Kate gives birth, both well, palace says

By Stephen Addison LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of Prince William, gave birth to a girl on Saturday, the couple’s second child and a sister to one-year-old Prince George. The royal family’s newest member was born at 8:34 a.m. (3.34 a.m. ET), some 2-1/2 hours after Kate Middleton was admitted in the early stages of labor to St Mary’s Hospital, West London, the couple’s Kensington Palace

May 02, 2015 WORLD HEADLINES

Relief goods for Nepal quake victims held up at customs: U.N.

By Frank Jack Daniel and Andrew R.C. Marshall KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Bureaucracy at Kathmandu airport was holding up vital relief supplies for survivors of the earthquake in Nepal on Saturday as the death toll from the disaster passed 6,600. U.N. Resident Representative Jamie McGoldrick said the government must loosen customs restrictions to deal with the increasing flow of relief material and avoid bottlenecks. Material was piling up at the Kathmandu

May 02, 2015 US HEADLINES

Baltimore heads into weekend of rallies after officers charged

By Scott Malone and Ian Simpson BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A jubilant Baltimore headed into a weekend of rallies on Saturday after six police officers were criminally charged over the arrest of a 25-year-old black man whose death led to rioting earlier in the week. Demonstrations are expected to continue around the United States through the weekend, with a massive rally planned for Baltimore city hall with marchers leaving from the

May 02, 2015 US HEADLINES

Clashes erupt in U.S. West Coast cities during May Day marches

SEATTLE/OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Crowds clashed with police during May Day marches in several U.S. West Coast cities late on Friday, as officers responded with stun grenades and pepper spray, police and media said. Anti-capitalist protesters hurled wrenches and rocks at officers in Seattle, police said. Demonstrators in Oakland, California, and several other cities, rallied against a series of police killings of unarmed black men, local media reported. Footage on

May 02, 2015 US HEADLINES

Iowa governor declares state of emergency due to bird flu outbreak

By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) – Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday due to a rapidly expanding avian flu outbreak, saying the entire state was at risk from the spread of the disease. The announcement, which gives authorities powers to enforce preventative measures, was made soon after state agriculture officials announced four new poultry farms had initially tested positive for the virus. Iowa, the top