Airports ease Thanksgiving rush with friendly dogs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. airports trotted out friendly companion dogs to calm jittery travelers and offered perks including free parking on Wednesday as throngs of people rushed toward their Thanksgiving holiday celebrations.
U.S. soldiers celebrate thanksgiving in a military base north of Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. troops celebrated Thanksgiving at an Iraqi army base in Qayyara, some 60 km (38 miles) south of Mosul, where a U.S.-led coalition is helping Iraqi forces battle Islamic State.
Obama ‘pardons’ one last turkey ahead of Thanksgiving holiday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Barack Obama pardoned his last turkey as U.S. president on Wednesday, but his daughters should beware: he plans to continue the tradition as a private citizen.
Business booms at Trump Tower, nearby retailers hit by security and crowds
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bailey White, 13, stood patiently in line with her little brother Keaton at the gift store inside the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, each clutching a stuffed terrier named Charlie that cost $35 per item.
No winners in the U.S. Powerball lottery, jackpot grows
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – No one took home the Powerball prize on Wednesday, pushing the jackpot up to $403 million, one of the largest in history, game officials said.
U.S. Chemical Safety Board to probe Exxon Baton Rouge refinery fire
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Chemical Safety Board began a probe on Wednesday into a large fire the day before at Exxon Mobil Corp’s Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery that critically injured four people, the agency said in a statement.
Four bodies found in California mobile home fire
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The bodies of two males and two females were discovered after firefighters put out a blaze at a mobile home in Modesto, California, police said on Wednesday.
No drugs, alcohol in driver in Tennessee school bus crash; death toll hits six
(Reuters) – No drugs or alcohol were found in the system of the man accused of vehicular homicide in the crash of a Tennessee elementary school bus that killed six children and critically injured several more, police said on Wednesday.
Sixth child dies as result of deadly Tennessee school bus crash
(Reuters) – Another child has died as a result of a school bus crash earlier this week in Tennessee, police said on Wednesday, raising the total killed to six.
Polling calls to U.S. Muslims raise surveillance fears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Muslims across the United States feared they were being targeted for surveillance this week when they received automated polling calls asking them to press one if they identified as Muslim or two if they did not.
