Trick or Trump: The Donald, Pizza Rat among top Halloween costumes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When a Donald Trump look-alike and a faux Caitlyn Jenner ring the doorbell on Halloween night, they may solicit a piece of candy but the treat they really seek is recognition.
Car slams into crowd at Oklahoma parade; four killed
STILLWATER, Okla. (Reuters) – A car with a suspected drunk driver at the wheel barreled into crowds watching a homecoming parade at Oklahoma State University on Saturday, killing four people and injuring more than 40 others, authorities said.
Car slams into crowd at Oklahoma parade; four killed, dozens injured
STILLWATER, Okla. (Reuters) – A car with a suspected drunk driver at the wheel barreled into crowds watching a homecoming parade at Oklahoma State University on Saturday, killing four people and injuring more than 40 others, authorities said.
Texas deluged by rain as Patricia’s remnants head toward Gulf
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Heavy rains fueled by the remnants of Hurricane Patricia inundated many parts of Texas on Saturday, triggering flash floods, derailing a freight train and forcing evacuations in at least one county, officials said.
Misshapen budget priorities take center stage in Illinois
CHICAGO (Reuters) – To see the fickle fiscal state of affairs in cash-strapped Illinois, you need look no further than how the musical acts Styx, Sammy Hagar and Hank Williams Jr got paid for performing at the state fair in August, but the woman who sculpted the event’s life-sized butter cow did not.
Judge dismisses Wikimedia lawsuit over NSA surveillance – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Wikimedia and other groups challenging one of the U.S. National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs, the Baltimore Sun reported.
Tensions over big-game hunting rekindled with Florida bear hunt
TAMPA/ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida’s first bear hunt in two decades opens on Saturday, joining other states that have loosened restrictions on hunting large predators, to the dismay of animal rights activists who see them as “trophy hunts.”
Union Pacific freight train derails in Texas on flooded tracks
(Reuters) – A Union Pacific freight train carrying cement derailed in Texas on Saturday as flood waters covered the tracks about 55 miles (90 km) south of Dallas, putting locomotives and some of its rail cars on their side, according to a company spoke…
Missouri’s Gateway Arch monument built on rigged votes, protests
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – When the last section of St. Louis’ Gateway Arch, an American landmark as iconic as the Statue of Liberty, was hoisted into place on Oct 28, 1965, it was the concluding act of a story that began more than 30 years earlier.
Vapor cloud from Exxon refinery in California triggers alarm
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The unexplained release of a large vapor cloud on Friday from an Exxon Mobil Corp refinery near Los Angeles prompted authorities to sound public safety sirens, but no toxic fumes were detected and no one was hurt, a fire officia…
