Coast Guard ends search for Texas man who fell off cruise ship
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard has given up searching for a 46-year-old man who fell off a cruise ship near the Florida coast, the agency said late on Sunday.
Ray Tomlinson, godfather of @ email, dies at age 74
(Reuters) – Ray Tomlinson, considered to be the godfather of email, has died, according to his employer, Raytheon Company. He was 74.
Transformer fire shuts unit of South Carolina nuclear power station
(Reuters) – A transformer at a nuclear power plant in South Carolina caught fire on Sunday, burning for about 30 minutes, but no nuclear material was in danger of being released, a local television station reported.
Jimmy Carter says he no longer needs cancer treatments
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Sunday that he will no longer need treatment for melanoma, a type of skin cancer that had spread to his liver and brain, a spokeswoman said.
Boston Marathon movie can’t film at bomber’s former university
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Massachusetts university attended by the man convicted in the Boston Marathon bombing has told filmmakers they cannot shoot scenes on campus for an upcoming movie about the deadly attack.
Florida woman faces charges after crashing in Daytona racetrack infield
(Reuters) – A Florida woman faces drunk-driving and other charges after plowing through the infield at the Daytona International Speedway and injuring four people, police said.
Iditarod veteran keeps on mushing despite devastating Alaska wildfire
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – Dee Dee Jonrowe, who will start the grueling Iditarod sled-dog race through Alaska’s wilderness for the 34th time this year, has long been known as a survivor, having endured a deadly car crash, cancer, frostbite and numerous…
U.S. National Guard may join cyber offense against Islamic State: Carter
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the National Guard’s cyber squadrons will play an increasingly important role in assessing the vulnerabilities of U.S. industrial infrastructure and could be asked …
Alaska’s famed Iditarod race to start along shorter ceremonial route
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – Alaska’s famed sled-dog race is set to get underway on Saturday when dozens of mushers and dog teams from around the world begin their near 1,000-mile (1,600-km) journey through the U.S. state’s frigid wilderness.
One injured in Texas explosion at Petrobras refinery
HOUSTON (Reuters) – One person was burned when a unit that makes diesel ruptured on Saturday morning in a ground-shaking blast at the Pasadena, Texas, refinery owned by Brazil’s national oil company Petrobras, the company said.
