No initial sign of crime in U.S. Agriculture Dept. fire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A fire that gutted a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) building in Maryland shows no initial signs of a crime being committed, a spokesman for federal investigators said on Wednesday.
Thanksgiving flight bookings to Miami fall on Zika risk: study
(Reuters) – Flight bookings to Miami for the Thanksgiving holiday in November dropped after the Zika virus was detected in the Wynwood area in the popular tourist destination, travel data analysis company ForwardKeys said.
Minor earthquake in the State of Washington rattles homes
(Reuters) – A 3.2 magnitude earthquake struck the northwest of the State of Washington on Tuesday night, the United States Geological Survey reported, briefly shaking homes and rattling residents.
U.S. lifts protection for most humpback whales
(Reuters) – The United States lifted protection for most humpback whales around the globe on Tuesday, including some in American waters, based on evidence they have made a strong comeback since commercial whaling drove them to near extinction.
U.S. personnel management hack preventable, congressional probe finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) did not follow rudimentary cyber security recommendations that could have mitigated or even prevented major attacks that compromised sensitive data belonging to more than 22 million p…
Ohio coroner links elephant tranquilizer to series of overdose deaths
(Reuters) – At least eight people in the Cincinnati area who died of heroin drug overdoses since mid-July had traces of a drug used to tranquilize elephants in their bodies, a coroner said Tuesday.
Cosby could face multiple accusers at June assault trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial in Pennsylvania has been scheduled for June next year, and if prosecutors have their way, more than a dozen accusers will take the stand to detail what they claim is a decades-long pattern o…
Fed’s Williams sees ‘unsustainable tension’ on pot-related banking
RENO, Nev. (Reuters) – As more and more states legalize the use of marijuana, which is banned under U.S. federal laws, banks are facing “unsustainable tension” that needs to be resolved by Congress, San Francisco Fed President John Williams said on Tue…
Minnesota man admits to abducting, killing 11-year-old in 1989
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Minnesota man admitted in court on Tuesday to the 1989 abduction and killing of an 11-year-old boy whose remains he helped police locate last week as part of a plea agreement, authorities said.
Police, FBI dig for remains of California college student missing for 20 years
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police and FBI agents on Tuesday began what they called an excavation project at a central California state university campus in hopes of discovering the remains of a 19-year-old student who disappeared two decades ago.
