Flooding at JFK airport adds to misery after flight delays
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Flooding from a water main break forced the temporary suspension of some flights at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday, adding to the misery of travelers after a winter storm canceled or delayed hundreds of…
Six people killed in wrong-way California highway crash
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Six people were killed on Sunday when a vehicle going the wrong direction on a northern California highway collided with another vehicle, causing a fire that engulfed both cars, police said.
U.S. to endure another day below freezing before relief comes
(Reuters) – The bitter cold that has gripped much of the United States since the new year will last another day, forecasters said on Sunday, predicting an end to a frigid spell that featured a “bomb cyclone” snowstorm and frozen iguanas falling from tr…
With renewed vigor, U.S. top court scrutinizes curbs on voting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Government officials across the United States try to maintain accurate voter rolls by removing people who have died or moved away. But a case coming before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday explores whether some states are aggr…
Brutal cold snap stuns East Coast after blizzard
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A shroud of bone-chilling arctic air covered the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Saturday, creating dangerous conditions as tens of millions of people struggled to clean up from a blizzard that dumped deep, drifting snow in m…
One winning ticket sold in $570 million Powerball jackpot
(Reuters) – One Powerball ticket purchased in New Hampshire matched all six numbers for Saturday’s estimated $570 million jackpot drawing, the fifth largest grand prize in the game’s 15-year history, lottery officials said.
Winning Powerball numbers drawn for $570 million jackpot
(Reuters) – The winning numbers drawn for Saturday’s estimated $570 million Powerball grand prize are: 12, 29, 30, 33, 61, and Powerball 26.
John Young, ‘most experienced’ U.S. astronaut, dies at 87
(Reuters) – U.S. astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon in 1972 and even smuggled a corned beef sandwich into orbit during a career that made him the only person to fly with three NASA space programs, has died at age 87, officials said on Saturda…
Brutal cold snap stuns U.S. East Coast after blizzard
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A shroud of bone-chilling arctic air covered the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Saturday, creating dangerous conditions as tens of millions of people struggled to clean up from a blizzard that dumped deep, drifting snow in m…
U.S. astronaut John Young dies at age 87: NASA
(Reuters) – Veteran U.S. astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and even smuggled a corned beef sandwich into orbit during one of his six missions in space, has died at age 87, NASA said on Saturday.
