Jetliner evacuated in New York after smoke reported
(Reuters) – Passengers and crew on a Spirit Airlines jetliner parked at a gate at New York’s LaGuardia Airport in preparation for a flight to Florida were evacuated on Saturday after a report of possible smoke in the aircraft, an airports authority spo…
Tornado death toll reaches 17 in U.S., more stormy weather looms
(Reuters) – The death toll from tornadoes this week in the southern United States has climbed by two to 17, officials said on Saturday, as the nation braced for more stormy weather during the busy post-holiday travel weekend.
Four dead in Christmas morning mobile home fire in California
(Reuters) – A mother and her three children, including a 6-month-old baby girl, died on Friday when a fire ripped through their mobile home in Southern California on Christmas morning, officials said.
Three found dead in apparent murder-suicide in New Jersey luxury apartment
(Reuters) – Three people were found dead inside a luxury New Jersey high-rise apartment building in what authorities said late Friday appeared to be a murder-suicide.
Eastern U.S. sees warm Christmas, winter storm looms for Plains
(Reuters) – Much of the U.S. East Coast basked in unseasonable warmth on Christmas Day with record high temperatures set or tied in several cities, including New York, even as a tornado hit Alabama and a major winter storm loomed for the southern Rocki…
Cleanup begins from Southern U.S. storms that left 14 dead
(Reuters) – Recovery crews and utility workers began cleaning up widespread damage on Thursday left by severe storms that spawned tornadoes across six states in the U.S. South and Midwest, killing at least 14 people and destroying scores of homes.
Churches offer refuge for Central Americans facing U.S. deportation
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Leaders of the church-based Sanctuary Movement vowed on Friday to offer their places of worship as refuge for immigrants facing deportation under an Obama administration crackdown on Central American families who entered the Uni…
Eastern U.S. sees warm Christmas, winter storm looms for Plains
(Reuters) – Much of the U.S. East Coast could see record high temperatures on Christmas Day and through the weekend even as a major winter storm looms for the southern Great Plains, forecasters said on Friday.
Bill Clinton’s Arkansas birthplace damaged in suspected arson
(Reuters) – The birthplace of former U.S. President Bill Clinton in Hope, Arkansas, was slightly damaged in a suspected arson fire early on Friday, police said.
Bristol Palin gives birth to her second child
(Reuters) – Bristol Palin, a daughter of 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, has given birth to a second child out of wedlock.
