Football team bus crashes in North Carolina, killing four
WILMINGTON, N.C. (Reuters) – A charter bus filled with junior college football players heading to a game crashed on an interstate highway in North Carolina on Saturday, killing four people on board and injuring more than 40 others, the state highway pa…
Colonial resumes work on U.S. gasoline line, pump prices rise
(Reuters) – Colonial Pipeline Co said on Saturday it resumed repairing a leak on a key U.S. gasoline line on Friday afternoon, but pump prices continued to rise in the southeast as several states took emergency action to get fuel to filling stations mo…
Hate drove gunman to shoot Philadelphia police: officials
(Reuters) – A gunman who wounded two Philadelphia police officers and three civilians and killed a fourth civilian appears to have been driven by hatred for the police but had no known ties to any militant groups, officials said on Saturday.
Pipe bombing at New Jersey race probed as possible terrorism
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A pipe bomb exploded in a New Jersey beach town on Saturday along the route of a charity race to benefit military veterans, but no injuries were reported in what investigators were treating as a possible act of terrorism.
Seattle high school football team kneels for national anthem
(Reuters) – A Seattle high school football team knelt during the playing of the national anthem before a game on Friday night, embracing a silent protest for social justice initiated last month by NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
Florida expands Zika zone in Miami Beach after five new cases
(Reuters) – State officials in Florida on Friday tripled the active Zika transmission zone in the trendy seaside community of Miami Beach after five new cases of the mosquito-borne virus believed to cause a severe birth defect were identified in the ar…
Two police officers in Texas shot while responding to suicide call: police
(Reuters) – Two Fort Worth, Texas police officers were shot on Friday when they responded to a suicide call at a home on the south side of the city, police said.
Ohio police officers indicted in shooting death and beating case
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A Cleveland police officer was indicted for negligent homicide in the shooting death of an unarmed black man on Friday and two former officers in nearby East Cleveland were indicted for kidnapping and assault for beating a black m…
ITT Educational Services files for bankruptcy to start liquidation
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – ITT Educational Services Inc filed for bankruptcy on Friday to liquidate its business after the U.S. government restricted financial aid to new students of the U.S. for-profit college operator.
Tennessee man threatened to kill U.S. Congresswomen: prosecutors
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – A Tennessee man was arrested on Friday on suspicion of threatening to kill two U.S. lawmakers from Hawaii and others during a planned November shooting spree at a federal building in Honolulu, prosecutors said.
