Fire extinguished at Motiva Convent refinery; no injuries
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A fire was extinguished at Motiva Enterprises’ 235,000 barrel per day (bpd) Convent, Louisiana, refinery on Saturday with no injuries, a company spokeswoman said in a statement.
Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Chuck Berry dead at 90
(Reuters) – Chuck Berry, who duck-walked his way into the pantheon of rock ‘n’ roll pioneers as one of its most influential guitarists and lyricists, creating raucous anthems that defined the genre’s sound and heartbeat, died on Saturday at his Missour…
Meals on Wheels America sees surge in donations after U.S. budget
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Meals on Wheels America, the umbrella organization for 5,000 providers of home-delivered meals for seniors, said on Saturday that online donations have surged since the White House released a proposed budget that could lead to a b…
Tennessee police hunt former teacher accused of kidnapping student
(Reuters) – Tennessee police are searching for a former high school teacher accused of luring a 15-year-old student into his car outside of a restaurant and disappearing with the girl earlier this week, investigators said on Saturday.
Another person tries to jump White House fence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A person jumped over a bike rack in a buffer zone in front of the White House on Saturday while President Trump was in Florida, but was not able to make it over the fence into the grounds, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said o…
Trump ‘travel ban bands’ take to stage in Texas capital
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Bands with diaspora from the seven Muslim-majority countries on U.S. President Donald Trump’s original travel ban took to the stage in Austin to build resistance against executive orders critics see as perpetuating bigotry.
DNA links man to two Michigan police shootings: law enforcement
(Reuters) – A man charged in the shooting of two Detroit police officers earlier this week has been linked through DNA evidence to the fatal shooting of a university police officer last year, authorities said.
Idaho boy injured, family dog killed by government ‘cyanide bomb’
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A “cyanide bomb” planted by U.S. predator-control agents targeting coyotes near homes and hiking trails in Idaho exploded when a boy handled the device, injuring him and killing his dog, authorities and relatives said on Frida…
Arkansas restores Martin Luther King holiday without Robert E. Lee
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Arkansas lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to a bill setting aside an official state holiday solely for slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and relegating Confederate General Robert E. Lee to a separate,…
South Dakota’s governor vetoes loosening of concealed carry gun laws
(Reuters) – South Dakota’s Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard on Friday vetoed a pair of bills that would have loosened restrictions on carrying concealed guns in the state, after saying current laws made sense and were adequate.
