Thousands await U.S. groundhog Punxsutawney Phil’s spring prediction
(Reuters) – After record-breaking freezing temperatures across North America and an unusually powerful winter storm known as a “bomb cyclone,” one critter’s annual weather prediction might be the last hope for those itching for an early spring.
A tale of two Guantanamos
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) – On the eastern edge of Cuba, lies the tale of two cities, Guantanamo the city and Guantanamo the U.S. naval base. Both are testament to the gulf between the two countries and their cultures.
Helicopter crash survivor to receive record $100 million pretrial settlement: lawyer
DENVER (Reuters) – A former Colorado flight nurse who survived a helicopter ambulance crash with horrific burns over 90 percent of his body will receive a record $100 million cash settlement from the maker and operator of the aircraft, his lawyer said …
Texas executes man for murdering daughters in killings wife heard on phone
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A man who killed his two young daughters at his Dallas apartment in 2001 while the girls’ mother listened on the phone and heard the fatal gunshots and her children’s screams, was executed in Texas on Thursday, prisons officia…
Girl, 12, arrested in shooting that wounds five at Los Angeles school
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Five people were wounded, including a student shot in the head, when a gun went off in a Los Angeles middle school classroom on Thursday, and a 12-year-old girl was taken into custody, police said.
Texas to execute man who murdered daughters after court denies appeal
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A man who killed his two young daughters at his Dallas apartment in 2001 while the girls’ mother heard the gunshots and her children’s screams on the telephone, was set to be executed on Thursday after the U.S. Supreme court d…
Florida’s ban on felons voting ruled unconstitutional by judge
(Reuters) – Florida’s policy of banning felons from voting until they petition the government is unconstitutional and forces them to “kowtow” to the whim of state politicians, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
U.S. ordered to reconsider denial of Yellowstone bison protections
PINEDALE, Wyo. (Reuters) – A judge has ruled that U.S. wildlife managers erred in denying Endangered Species Act protection to bison at Yellowstone National Park and must reconsider extending such safeguards to America’s largest pure-bred herd of wild …
Arizona legislature expels lawmaker on ‘hostile work environment’ claims
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona’s House of Representatives ousted a lawmaker on Thursday after investigators found “credible evidence” that he had created a hostile work environment while serving in the state legislature.
Amtrak train braked before end of fatal Virginia crash: safety agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A chartered Amtrak train carrying U.S. Republican lawmakers was traveling at 61 miles per hour (98 kilometers per hour) when the engineer applied the brakes in a crash that struck a truck on the tracks in Crozet, Virginia, invest…
