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.
Personal data for more than 130,000 sailors hacked: U.S. Navy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hackers gained access to sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, for 134,386 current and former U.S. sailors, the U.S. Navy said on Wednesday.
‘San Antonio Four’ exonerated in 1990s Texas sexual assault cases
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A Texas court on Wednesday exonerated four women convicted of sexual assault in the 1990s after lawyers argued that they were sent to prison because of junk science, tainted testimony and false ideas of lesbian behavior.
Hacker who highlighted notorious Ohio rape case pleads guilty
(Reuters) – A Kentucky computer hacker pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to break into a website to draw attention to a notorious rape case in Steubenville, Ohio, as well as to his own online profile.
Older, poorer U.S. men less likely to read books: survey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Older men earning less than $30,000 a year are most likely to be among the 26 percent of American adults who say they do not read books, a Pew Research Center survey released on Wednesday showed.
