Mansion sales and discount dining: oil rout hits Houston’s rich
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Prices for mansions in Houston’s swankiest neighborhood have tumbled in lock step with crude prices. The Houston Opera has offered free season tickets to patrons who lost their jobs in the oil bust. A fancy restaurant offers cut-pri…
Court orders abortion waiting period to be enforced in Florida
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida appellate court on Friday ordered the enforcement of a state law that requires women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion, reversing an injunction imposed last year before it was due to take effect.
Washington to launch its first streetcar line since 1962
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington on Saturday is set to launch its long-delayed streetcar line, the first in the U.S. capital since 1962 and part of a nationwide trolley revival.
U.S. test-fires ICBMs to stress its power to Russia, North Korea
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Reuters) – The U.S. military test-fired its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a week on Thursday night, seeking to demonstrate its nuclear arms capacity at a time of rising strategic tensions with Russia an…
Portion of Houston Ship Channel briefly shut after boat fire: Coast Guard
(Reuters) – A portion of the Houston Ship Channel was briefly closed to vessel traffic on Friday following a fire on a tug boat moored at the LyondellBasell refinery, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Former BP rig supervisor found not guilty in oil spill case
(Reuters) – A former BP Plc supervisor was found not guilty by a New Orleans jury on Thursday of a single pollution charge stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling disaster that killed 11 people.
Gunman kills three in Kansas workplace, shot to death by police
(Reuters) – A gunman killed three people on Thursday at a manufacturing plant in central Kansas where he worked and wounded 14 others, in a shooting spree spanning several miles that ended when a lone officer killed the suspect, authorities said.
More than 200 patients at NJ hospital possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis
(Reuters) – More than 200 people treated at a New Jersey medical center may have been exposed to HIV or hepatitis B or C because of a former employee accused of tampering with drugs, the hospital said on Thursday.
Ohio hospital performs first uterus transplant in the U.S.
(Reuters) – Surgeons in Cleveland have performed the first uterus transplant in the United States, an Ohio medical center said on Thursday.
California methane leak was biggest ever in U.S., scientists say
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The months-long natural gas leak that forced thousands of Los Angeles residents from their homes ranks as the largest known accidental methane release in U.S. history, equal to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of nearly 600,0…
