U.S. probes misconduct allegation at VA hospital in Cincinnati
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal officials are investigating an allegation of misconduct at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, the latest problem for a scandal-plagued agency that has become a punching bag in the Nov. 8 presidential electio…
Deep freeze grips U.S. northeast, triggers fatal 50-car pileup
BOSTON, Mass (Reuters) – A dangerous cold snap bringing life-threatening cold was settling in across the northeastern United States on Saturday and a snow squall triggered a pileup of dozens of vehicles on a Pennsylvania highway that left several peopl…
Two Louisiana police officers wounded during shootout
(Reuters) – Two Louisiana police officers were shot and wounded early on Saturday when a suspect opened fire on them, police said.
Magnitude 5.1 and 3.9 earthquakes strike Oklahoma: USGS
(Reuters) – Two earthquakes, one with a magnitude 5.1 and the other of 3.9, struck northern Oklahoma on Saturday morning and were felt through much of the state but no damages were immediately reported, the U.S. Geological Survey and local media said.
State officials blocked Flint Legionnaires’ probe: CNN
(Reuters) – Michigan authorities blocked county health officials from investigating an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that may have been linked to the water crisis in the impoverished city of Flint, a county health supervisor told CNN on Saturday.
Oregon refuge searched for evidence, explosives after occupiers leave
BURNS, Ore. (Reuters) – Police and federal agents searched a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon for explosives and evidence on Friday, a day after the last holdouts in a protest over federal control of Western land surrendered to end a six-week armed stand…
Two girls fatally shot at Arizona school in apparent murder-suicide
GLENDALE, Ariz. (Reuters) – Two 15-year-old girls who were believed to have been romantically involved were found shot dead on Friday at an Arizona high school in an apparent murder-suicide that initially triggered a security lockdown of the campus, po…
Alabama woman convicted of running granddaughter to death has died
(Reuters) – An Alabama woman convicted of murder in the running death of her 9-year-old granddaughter died on Friday, less than a year into her sentence of life in prison without parole, a prison spokesman said.
Fire engulfs New Jersey plastics warehouses; smoke closes schools
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (Reuters) – Fire ripped through a pair of sprawling New Jersey warehouses storing plastic pellets on Friday, sending up a smoky plume so enormous it appeared as a cloud on weather readings from orbiting satellites and raising environmen…
Family of man shot by Cincinnati university officer sues: report
(Reuters) – The family of a black man shot and killed last summer by a University of Cincinnati police officer during a traffic stop sued the officer in federal court on Friday, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper.
