Agricultural truck hit track where Amtrak train derailed in Kansas
(Reuters) – Federal safety officials on Tuesday said an agricultural truck had earlier struck the railroad tracks just 25 feet (7.6 meters) from where an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Kansas this week, injuring some three dozen people.
Graphic account of Hulk Hogan sex tape read in Florida court
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Reuters) – Gawker founder Nick Denton read out a graphic account of the acts shown in a sex tape featuring wrestling celebrity Hulk Hogan in a Florida courtroom on Tuesday, saying his company’s 2012 online publication “stands up t…
Secret Service manpower shortage as campaigns ramp up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Secret Service, tasked with simultaneously protecting President Barack Obama and some of the Republican and Democratic candidates now running to replace him next year, is facing a manpower shortfall at a time of peak demand, …
Two shot Chicago police out of hospital, suspected gunman was felon
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The man who allegedly shot and wounded three Chicago police officers before he was killed by police on Monday was a convicted felon with a history of gun crimes, the department said on Tuesday.
Pedicab operators sue New York City over excess ticketing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pedicab operators on Tuesday filed a lawsuit accusing New York City of harassing them with excessive ticketing, in an effort to drive them out of business.
Southern U.S. flooding causes closure of major highway
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Flooding caused by days of heavy rain forced the closure on Tuesday of a section of a major U.S. highway on the Louisiana-Texas border along the rising Sabine River, officials said.
Congress criticizes EPA, Michigan over Flint water crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A congressional panel on Tuesday criticized the Environmental Protection Agency and Michigan officials for failing to do more to sound the alarm about high levels of lead in the city of Flint’s drinking water.
Judge blocks Boston’s effort to shorten St. Patrick’s Day parade
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday blocked an effort by the city of Boston to shorten this Sunday’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, saying that city officials would be violating parade organizers’ right to free assembly and expression.
Second Pennsylvania judge resigns amid ‘Porngate’ scandal
(Reuters) – Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin resigned on Tuesday, the second jurist to step down after being accused of using state computers to exchange sexually and racially offensive emails with his peers.
Arizona policeman who shot unarmed man pleads innocent to murder charge
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona police officer who shot an unarmed man to death at a Phoenix-area hotel earlier this year pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder charges on Tuesday.
