U.S. says Washington Amtrak train derailment damage topped $40 million
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Thursday that damage from a deadly December Amtrak train crash in Washington State topped $40.4 million.
New York City’s JFK Airport temporarily closed due to snowstorm: FAA
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport was temporarily closed on Thursday due to heavy snow, ice and harsh winds in the area, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Trump administration to end Obama-era marijuana policy: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday will rescind a marijuana policy begun under Democratic former President Barack Obama that eased enforcement of federal laws as a growing number of states and localities legalized the drug, …
Powerful snowstorm hits eastern U.S., snarling travel
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – High winds and heavy snow barreled into the U.S. Northeast on Thursday, closing schools and government offices and disrupting travel as work crews scrambled to clear roads before plummeting temperatures turn snow into treach…
Party or not? Golden Globes proves test for Hollywood sex scandal
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The red carpet is rolling out, the champagne is on ice and the statuettes are about to be handed over.
Blizzard roars into U.S. Northeast, snarling travel
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) – The first major winter storm of 2018 bore down on the U.S. Northeast on Thursday, closing schools and government offices and disrupting travel as work crews scrambled to clear roads of snow before plummeting temperatures tur…
Light quake shakes San Francisco; no immediate damage reported
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A light earthquake shook California’s San Francisco Bay Area early on Thursday, waking many, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
As drone demand soars, New Jersey poised to bar drunken droning
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. drone sales in 2017 topped $1 billion for the first time ever, but don’t raise a glass too quickly if you are in New Jersey, where lawmakers are poised to outlaw drunken droning next week.
Sustained tremor shakes Oakland, California, USGS says magnitude 4.4
OAKLAND, CA (Reuters) – Sharp tremors lasting several seconds struck Oakland, California, early on Thursday, a Reuters witness said.
Blizzard pounds U.S. Northeast as snow sweeps across South
CHARLESTON, S.C./BOSTON (Reuters) – Heavy snow and high winds pounded the U.S. East Coast along a front stretching from Maine as far south as North Carolina early on Thursday, knocking out power, icing over roadways and closing hundreds of schools.
