Record snow and rain stretches across parched U.S. west
(Reuters) – Record snow and rain pummeled the western United States on Thursday, raising the threat of floods and freezing temperatures in some areas across the region, weather officials said.
U.S. investigating Philadelphia trolley collision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday it will investigate the collision of two trolleys in Philadelphia that injured 46 people and sent 25 to the hospital.
Chicago’s gang violence catches highway drivers in crossfire
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Jonathan Ortiz and other members of his rap group, No Nights Off, stepped onto the stage at Chicago’s House of Blues in mid-September for a concert they hoped would propel their young, promising careers.
New York train crash injures more than 100 commuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City train derailed at a downtown Brooklyn terminal during Wednesday’s morning rush hour, injuring more than 100 commuters in the metropolitan area’s second major rail accident since late September.
Republicans make repealing Obamacare ‘first order of business’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama exhorted fellow Democrats on Wednesday to preserve his legacy-defining healthcare law as Republicans moved ahead with their long-sought bid to scrap it in what Vice President-elect Mike Pence called the “fi…
Brooklyn train crash renews talk of operator health precautions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A commuter train crash at a busy New York City terminal on Wednesday morning was the latest of several accidents that have focused attention on how rail agencies monitor the health of their operators, especially sleep disorders.
South Carolina church gunman said ‘I’m not crazy’ as he fired: witness
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The widow of the pastor who was among the nine people killed by white supremacist Dylann Roof told a federal jury on Wednesday she heard the gunman say he was not crazy during the rampage at a historic black church in South…
U.S. judge extends order halting Texas fetal remains regulation
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday extended until Jan. 27 a restraining order that halted a new Texas regulation requiring fetal tissue remains to be buried or cremated to allow for more time to make a ruling.
U.S. prosecutors name FBI agent accused of leaking insider trading probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday identified the FBI agent who they say admitted to leaking information to reporters about an insider trading probe involving a Las Vegas sports gambler and golfer Phil Mickelson.
U.S. chief justice steps aside in patent case over stock conflict
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts will no longer participate in a patent dispute at the Supreme Court involving a unit of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc after he realized he owns about $175,000 of stock in the company, the court said…
