Gone with the wind: storms deepen Florida’s beach sand crunch
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla (Reuters) – Down the palm tree-lined roads of northeast Florida’s Flagler County, a half-dozen dump trucks are shuttling back and forth along the Atlantic coast pouring thousands of tons of sand onto the local beach.
Grief and anger as Florida prepares to bury victims of school massacre
PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) – As families prepared on Friday to bury victims of another U.S. mass shooting, grief mixed with anger amid signs of possible lapses in school security and indications that law enforcement may have missed clues about the suspec…
Britain’s Balfour says joint venture bags $1.95 billion U.S. airport contract
(Reuters) – Britain’s Balfour Beatty said on Friday its joint venture had won a $1.95 billion contract relating to building, financing and managing an airport transport system at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the United States.
Telltale internet message may have foreshadowed Florida school massacre
PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) – The 19-year-old man accused of shooting 17 people to death at a Florida high school legally purchased the assault rifle used in the killings and may have foreshadowed the attack in a social media comment investigated by the F…
Former NY City teacher, brother charged with attempted bomb-making
(Reuters) – A former New York City high school teacher and his brother were arrested on Thursday and charged with attempting to build an explosive device after an investigation by the FBI, according to authorities.
U.S. officials warn ‘intense’ flu season to continue, urge shots
(Reuters) – Adults who get a flu shot are 36 percent less likely to get the disease, while for children the figure was an unexpectedly high 59 percent, U.S. health officials said on Thursday, predicting that the current “intense” season could continue …
Two men arrested in New York City with bomb-making material: NY Times
(Reuters) – Authorities arrested two people in New York City on Thursday and planned to charge to them with building an explosive device after what they described a federal terrorism investigation, the New York Times reported, citing an unnamed law enf…
New York top court clears man held six years at Rikers Island without trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A divided New York State Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, on Thursday threw out the indictment of a man who spent more than six years in the Rikers Island jail in a Manhattan murder case, saying his constitutional right…
West Virginia man admits to fraud tied to Boston art heist
BOSTON (Reuters) – A West Virginia man pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges he fraudulently offered to sell some of the $500 million in artwork that was stolen from a Boston museum in 1990 and never recovered, even though he had no access to the paint…
Accused Florida gunman visited restaurants, store after killing: police
PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) – The 19-year-old man accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school fled hidden in a crowd of frightened students and visited two fast food restaurants before he was arrested less than two hours after the massacre, off…
