U.S. airport immigration computers go down temporarily: agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Immigration desk computers at various airports went down for about two hours on Monday, causing long lines for travelers entering the United States after year-end holidays, according to Customs and Border Protection and posts on …
Truck strikes pedestrians, vehicle in San Francisco, injuring seven
(Reuters) – At least seven people suffered injuries when a truck hit pedestrians and another vehicle in San Francisco on Monday, an incident that police said was not related to terrorism, authorities and local media reported.
Mechanical trouble aboard U.S. airliner sends four to hospital
(Reuters) – Mechanical trouble forced an American Airlines jetliner to return to the gate at Boston’s Logan Airport on Monday and four people were taken to hospitals to be evaluated, an airline spokesman said.
Record-shattering cold reaches into Florida
(Reuters) – Record-shattering arctic cold reached as far south as Florida on Monday with freeze warnings in place from Texas to the Atlantic Coast and the Northeastern United States facing another cold wave at the end of the week, forecasters said.
Chicago homicides fall 16 percent in 2017
(Reuters) – Homicides in Chicago fell 16 percent in 2017 while shootings were down and firearms arrests were up, police said on Monday, marking a reduction in bloodshed that made the city a symbol of U.S. gun violence and an object of criticism for Pre…
New York family of five among the dead in Costa Rican plane crash
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – A family of five from the New York City suburb of Scarsdale was aboard a plane that crashed and exploded minutes after takeoff from a popular beach resort in Costa Rica on Sunday, killing all 12 people aboard, a relative and the fa…
Four shot dead in New Jersey home; 16-year-old arrested
(Reuters) – Police arrested a 16-year-old boy suspected of killing four people including his parents and sister with an assault rifle at their New Jersey home on New Year’s Eve, prosecutors said on Monday.
California launches legal sale of cannabis for recreational use
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California will launch the world’s largest regulated commercial market for recreational marijuana on Monday, as dozens of newly licensed stores catering to adults who enjoy the drug for its psychoactive effects open for business…
In frigid Times Square, relief arrives with the new year
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Intrepid revelers from around the world endured hours of waiting in a frigid Times Square on Sunday to witness the glittering New Year’s Eve ball make its annual descent at midnight, undeterred and perhaps reassured by a massive p…
Intrepid revelers flock to frigid Times Square for New Year’s Eve
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Revelers from around the world crowded into New York’s Times Square on a bone-chilling Sunday evening to watch the glittering New Year’s Eve ball make its annual descent at midnight, undeterred and perhaps reassured by a massive po…
