U.S. weather forecaster sees La Niña fading by February
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said current La Niña conditions are likely to dissipate by February and neutral conditions are likely to continue during the first half of the year.
Two women arrested in Florida for aiding man wanted in police shooting
(Reuters) – Two women were arrested in Florida for aiding a man wanted for shooting and killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend and a policewoman in separate incidents over the last month, law enforcement officials said.
Obama pushes values and prods Trump in final, emotional address
(The story refiles, to fix quote in 14th paragraph to read “middle-aged white guy,” not “middle-aged white man”; read “has seen his world,” not “who’s seen his world”; add dropped word “and”)
Texas executes man convicted of killing two over $20 drug deal
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The first U.S. execution of 2017 was held on Wednesday when Texas lethally injected a man convicted of killing two men in a revenge plot after one had tricked him in a $20 drug deal.
Massachusetts judge requires Exxon to hand over climate documents
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge has refused to excuse Exxon Mobil Corp from a request by the state’s attorney general to hand over decades worth of documents on its views on climate change, state officials said on Wednesday.
California rainfall ebbs but flooding continues
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The rainfall that has pummeled the U.S. West this week lightened on Wednesday but that did not keep swollen rivers from overflowing their banks in California, where water lapped up against houses in a wine-growing region, offici…
Fury, forgiveness at condemned South Carolina church gunman’s sentencing
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – White supremacist Dylann Roof, condemned to death for a mass shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church, heard forgiveness and fury at his sentencing hearing on Wednesday from grieving loved ones of the nine slain bla…
New Jersey’s Monmouth University to host Bruce Springsteen archive
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A university in U.S. rock icon Bruce Springsteen’s home state of New Jersey will be home to a collection of decades’ worth of works and memorabilia from his Grammy Award-winning career, a school spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
New York Governor Cuomo’s helicopter makes emergency landing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing on Wednesday afternoon after Cuomo made a “State of the State” speech in Albany, the state capital.
Baltimore, U.S. Justice Department reach accord on police reform
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department and Baltimore officials have reached a deal for sweeping reforms to the majority-black city’s police department after a federal review found officers routinely violated residents’ civil rights, officia…
