U.S. top court rejects challenge to strict Arkansas abortion law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a setback to abortion rights advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday paved the way for Republican-backed restrictions on medication-induced abortions to take effect in Arkansas that could lead to the shuttering of two of …
Vertical plume of ash explodes from Hawaii volcano
HONOLULU (Reuters) – A small explosion of ash erupted from the summit of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano early on Tuesday morning in a vertical plume some 15,000 feet (4,600 meters) high, the U.S. Geological Survey said, the latest outburst in a month of volc…
Alberto remnants threaten Alabama with flash flooding
(Reuters) – Subtropical storm Alberto fizzled into a subtropical depression as it rolled into Alabama on Tuesday but forecasters warned of potentially dangerous flash floods even as winds dropped to 30 miles per hour (48 km per hour).
Language as extreme sport: Youngsters square off in U.S. spelling bee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee this week, hundreds of youngsters will compete in a uniquely American contest that has been likened to an intellectual extreme sport, involving one of the world’s most tricky languages….
Two journalists killed on the job by falling tree in North Carolina
(This version of the May 28 story corrects headline, paragraph one to make clear North Carolina was site of accident.)
Once mighty storm Alberto fizzles, but can still soak U.S.
(Reuters) – Former subtropical storm Alberto, which threatened to clobber the southeastern United States on Memorial Day, fizzled into a subtropical depression, with winds dropping to 35 mph (56 kph) as it rolled into southern Alabama on Tuesday, offic…
Storm Alberto weakens as it makes landfall on Florida Panhandle
(Reuters) – Subtropical Storm Alberto weakened as it made landfall on the Florida Panhandle on Monday, a day after flooding from another storm tore through a historic Maryland town and swept away a would-be rescuer, officials said.
U.S. official says agency did not lose immigrant children
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Over 1,500 immigrant children who have entered the United States unaccompanied are not “lost,” as Senate testimony by an administration official in April suggested, a U.S. Health and Human Services official said on Monday, as out…
Two North Carolina journalists killed on the job by falling tree
(Reuters) – A North Carolina television news anchor and a camera operator were killed on Monday when a tree fell on their vehicle as they were covering the effects of a rainstorm in Polk County, officials said.
Lava flow stalls, sparing Hawaii geothermal plant from more damage
HONOLULU (Reuters) – A lava flow from Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano that damaged a geothermal power station has stalled, as have lava fountains gushing 100 feet (30 meters) into the air, offering momentary relief to an area under siege for 25 days,…
