United Airlines pauses cargo-hold pet transport after missteps
NEW YORK (Reuters) – United Airlines is halting the shipment of pets in airplane cargo holds while it studies improvements, the carrier said on Tuesday, after the death of a puppy and mistakes in handling other dogs last week sparked negative publicit…
Fifth package bomb strikes Texas, at FedEx facility near San Antonio
AUSTIN/SCHERTZ, Texas (Reuters) – A homemade bomb blew up at a FedEx Corp distribution center near San Antonio early on Tuesday, officials said, and the FBI was investigating whether it was linked to a series of four homemade bombs that struck capital …
Fifth package bomb goes off in Texas, injures one at FedEx site
AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – A homemade bomb blew up at a FedEx Corp distribution center early on Tuesday injuring one person, officials said, the fifth explosion in the state this month. It was bound for Austin, the site of four other bombing…
U.S. Interior Department offers oil leases near Utah’s wilderness monuments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Interior on Tuesday will auction off more than 51,000 acres (21,000 hectares) in southeastern Utah for oil and gas development, over objections from conservationists, who say the move threatens sensitive ar…
Thousands on California coast ordered to leave ahead of possible mudslides
(Reuters) – Authorities on southern California’s Pacific coast ordered thousands of residents to evacuate their homes on Tuesday to avoid possible mudslides caused by rain on hills denuded by wildfires of vegetation.
Package bound for Austin explodes at FedEx facility: fire department
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – One employee was injured when a package containing nails and shrapnel that was bound for Austin, Texas, exploded at a Texas FedEx facility, the local fire department said.
Missouri set to execute man despite claims of undue suffering
(Reuters) – A condemned killer was due for execution in Missouri on Tuesday as his lawyers sought an 11th-hour reprieve on grounds that a rare but worsening medical condition would cause him undue suffering during the planned lethal injection.
Supreme Court mulls California law on anti-abortion facilities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday tackled a dispute over whether a California law requiring Christian-based facilities that counsel pregnant women against abortion to post signs disclosing the availability of state-subsidized abo…
Top court mulls California law on anti-abortion facilities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday tackles a dispute over whether a California law requiring Christian-based facilities that counsel pregnant women against abortion to post signs disclosing the availability of state-subsidized abo…
Judge says no decision for at least a month in Kansas voter ID case
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) – Lawyers presented closing arguments on Monday in the trial of a legal challenge to a Kansas law requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, with opponents calling the statute illegal and supporters deeming it …
