Ohio lawmakers add budget provision that could open state parks to fracking
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio legislators took a step toward allowing fracking in state parks, adding a provision in a pending budget that would strip the governor of the ability to control the issuing of licenses for the oil and gas drilling practice tha…
FBI joins probe of bananas in nooses at Washington’s American University
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation is helping American University investigate who hung bananas from nooses on the Washington campus after the school’s first black female student government president took office, the agency said …
Obama details plans for Chicago presidential center
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled design plans for his Chicago presidential center, which he hopes will serve as a training site for future generations of leaders.
Two dead, including suspect in Dallas-area college shooting: police
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A person who opened fire on Wednesday on a college campus in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas, has apparently killed one victim and committed suicide, Irving police said on a Twitter post.
Three killed, 10 hurt in crash at Massachusetts car auction
(Reuters) – Three people were killed and 10 hurt on Wednesday when a car being readied for sale was accidentally driven through a crowded auto auction in Billerica, Massachusetts, a prosecutor said.
Two dead, including suspect in Dallas-area college shooting -police
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A gunman on Wednesday shot and killed a woman on a college campus in the Dallas area, before committing suicide, police said, two days after a deadly stabbing at another college in Texas.
Exxon safety weaknesses led to preventable refinery blast: CSB
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has concluded a 2015 explosion at a Torrance, California, refinery then owned by ExxonMobil Corp was preventable, according to a report issued on Wednesday.
Major flooding in Missouri kills at least 5; more rain expected
(Reuters) – Floods across the U.S. Midwest that have killed at least five people shut major roadways in the St. Louis area on Wednesday, while residents of vulnerable areas piled sandbags to avert destruction as rivers were expected to crest.
American Air cuts two inches of legroom on some seats in new jets
NEW YORK (Reuters) – American Airlines is shaving off an additional two inches of economy class legroom on some of the seats in its new Boeing Co 737 MAX jets, just as relations between U.S. airlines and their passengers sink to a new low.
Feds decline to charge Louisiana policemen in fatal shooting
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors said on Wednesday they would not charge two Louisiana police officers in the fatal shooting of a black man last summer, prompting family members of the slain man to call for a state investigation.
