At least two dead, 50 injured in South Carolina train wreck
(Reuters) – An Amtrak passenger train collided with a CSX freight train in South Carolina on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 50, the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department said on Twitter.
Ex-Cuba prisoner Gross criticizes U.S. plan to foster internet on island
HAVANA (Reuters) – When Alan Gross heard the Trump administration’s renewed U.S. push to expand internet in Cuba, disbelief washed over the American who spent five years in a Cuban jail for trying to establish clandestine communication service on the C…
House Speaker Ryan deletes tweet praising $1.50 pay increase
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan deleted a tweet on Saturday cheering a $1.50 increase to a Pennsylvania school secretary’s weekly pay because of a $1.5 trillion tax cut after it drew criticism that he was out of touch with ordinary …
Count marks sharp drop in monarch butterflies wintering in California
(Reuters) – The number of monarchs wintering in California has dropped to a five-year low, despite more volunteers counting more sites in search of the orange-and-black insect that is arguably the most admired of North American butterflies, a report sa…
Florida nurse’s choice words to avoid flu: ‘Wash your stinking hands’
(Reuters) – A Florida nurse has offered some frank advice for people whose lax hygiene is contributing to a deadly flu outbreak, including “wash your stinking hands!”
Father of molested girls lunges at disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor in court
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Ex-consultant to Iran’s U.N. mission gets three months prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former consultant to Iran’s mission to the United Nations was sentenced to three months in prison on Friday for evading taxes by concealing his income and helping family and friends make money transfers that violated U.S. sanctio…
Man charged over armor-piercing bullet sale to Las Vegas gunman
(Reuters) – An ammunition dealer who has acknowledged selling hundreds of rounds of tracer bullets to a gunman responsible for killing 58 people in Las Vegas was charged on Friday with conspiracy to make and sell armor-piercing ammunition without a lic…
U.S. flu outbreak worsens; hospitalizations highest in nearly a decade: CDC
(Reuters) – The U.S. flu outbreak worsened over the past week as more people headed to doctors’ offices and emergency rooms, with hospitalizations at the highest in nearly 10 years, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
U.S. businessman, philanthropist Jon Huntsman Sr. dead at 80
(Reuters) – Jon Huntsman Sr., a billionaire U.S. industrialist who invented the “clamshell” fast-food container and gave away much of his fortune for cancer research, died on Friday at age 80, the corporation he founded said.
