USS Eisenhower resumes flight operations after accident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier resumed flights of fixed-wing aircraft on Sunday, two days after a flight accident that injured eight sailors who were working on the ship’s flight deck, a Navy spokesman said.
New Jersey mall’s Easter Bunny brawls with upset parent
(Reuters) – A man employed as the Easter Bunny at a New Jersey mall brawled with a father whose child slipped to the floor while having a picture taken with the costumed character, authorities said on Monday, stunning shoppers watching the mayhem unfol…
Texas man arrested for Ferris wheel sex killed in Houston carjacking
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas man suspected of having sex on a Las Vegas Ferris wheel last month was killed in a Houston carjacking over the weekend in an incident that started outside a strip club, police said on Monday.
Suspect named in fatal shooting of Indiana police sergeant
(Reuters) – An Indiana sheriff’s deputy remained hospitalized on Monday after being shot in an exchange of gunfire that killed another deputy and a suspect over the weekend, the sheriff’s department said.
New England shivers under blanket of snow at onset of spring
BOSTON (Reuters) – Residents of much of coastal New England woke up on the second day of spring to discover lawns and roads blanketed with snow and schools closed in Boston, Providence and several other cities.
U.S. top court throws out Massachusetts stun gun ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a Massachusetts court ruling that stun guns are not covered by the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of the right to bear arms, siding with a woman who said she carried one as protection against …
New Jersey police officer shot in his personal vehicle: reports
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A police officer was shot and killed while sitting in his personal vehicle on Monday morning near a defunct movie theater complex in the suburban New Jersey borough of Sayreville, local media reported.
FBI, Secret Service probe letter sent to Trump’s sister: NBC
(Reuters) – U.S. authorities are investigating a threatening letter sent to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s sister, a federal appeals court judge in Philadelphia, according to NBC News.
Exclusive: Lyft drivers, if employees, owed millions more – court documents
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Drivers who worked for ride-hailing service Lyft in California during the past four years would have been entitled to an estimated $126 million in expense reimbursements had they been employees rather than contractors, court d…
Rookie Iditarod musher battles to last-place finish in Alaska race
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A 32-year-old former Bible camp cook who lost her home in a wildfire last summer toughed out a last-place finish in Alaska’s punishing Iditarod sled-dog race after surviving sled breakdowns and wayward dogs.
