Colorado anti-fracking initiatives hit signature target
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Environmental groups in Colorado on Monday said they collected enough signatures to add proposed anti-fracking initiatives to a state ballot in November, as long as their petitions make it through a validation review by the Secretar…
Ten-year-old boy on Kansas City waterslide died of neck injury: police
(Reuters) – The 10-year-old son of a state lawmaker died of a neck injury while riding the world’s tallest water slide in Kansas City, Kansas, police said on Monday.
Black Kentucky judge suspended after racially tinged remarks
LOUISVILLE (Reuters) – A black Kentucky judge was suspended without pay for 90 days after admitting on Monday that he should not have made racially charged comments, including complaining on Facebook that a prosecutor had deliberately sought all-white …
Colorado skydivers parachute safely from burning plane
DENVER (Reuters) – Thirteen skydivers in Colorado parachuted to safety from just 2,000 feet (609 meters) above the ground after jumping from a burning airplane over the weekend, authorities and the skydiving company said on Monday.
Muslim teen sues Texas school district after arrest over homemade clock
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The family of a Muslim boy, who was arrested last year after taking a homemade digital clock to a Dallas-area high school, sued the Texas school district and the city where he once lived on Monday, saying they violated the tee…
California wildfire forces closure of scenic Highway 1
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An epic wildfire that has killed one person and blackened about 60,000 acres along the California coast, forced authorities on Monday to shut down a portion of scenic Highway 1 near Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Harassment case against Roger Ailes will remain in New Jersey court
(Reuters) – Former Fox News Channel Chairman Roger Ailes on Monday dropped a bid to move a sexual harassment lawsuit by a former anchor from New Jersey to a federal court in New York.
Burger King launches Whopperrito in U.S. outlets
(Reuters) – Burger King’s popular Whopper is getting a Tex-Mex twist.
Ex-rival sues Illinois House speaker for ‘dirty’ election tactics
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A vanquished challenger to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against the longtime Democratic leader, accusing him of using dirty tactics to beat him in a March primary election.
Power outage at Delta causes flight cancellations, delays
(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc canceled hundreds of flights and delayed many others on Monday after an outage hit its computer systems, grounding planes and stranding passengers of one of the world’s largest carriers at airports around the globe.
