New York prepares for Thanksgiving parade as Islamic State threat looms
NEW YORK (Reuters) – David Huddle and his daughter Megan, a flute player for the North Hardin High School marching band in Kentucky, have been preparing for more than a year for the band’s performance in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.
Chicago mayor, community leaders to discuss police shooting video
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was scheduled to meet on Monday with community and religious leaders to prepare them for the release of a disturbing video of an October 2014 fatal police shooting of a black teenager.
L.A. judge expected to free man imprisoned for rape after DNA clears him
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles judge was expected to free a man on Monday who has spent 16 years in prison for sexual assault after new DNA evidence cleared him of the crimes and linked them to the so-called “Teardrop Rapist,” the California Inn…
U.S. taxpayers set to shell out for growing peanut pile
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A mountain of peanuts is piling up in the U.S. south, threatening to hand American taxpayers a near $2-billion bailout bill over the next three years, and leaving the government with a big chunk of the crop on its books.
Tight inventories, rising prices hurt U.S. home sales
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. home resales fell in October as a persistent shortage of properties limited choice for potential buyers and pushed up prices, suggesting some softening in the pace of the housing market recovery after strong gains early this…
New York police horses, ’10-foot cop’ key to city’s high alert
(This November 18 story was corrected to remove Philadelphia from ninth paragraph)
North Dakota ‘man camps’ battle pending ban in oil capital
WILLISTON, N.D. (Reuters) – Providers of temporary housing for North Dakota’s oilfield workers are fighting a plan by the state’s energy capital to evict their “man camps,” fearing it could set an example for others and add to the sector’s woes caused …
Pair charged in Wal-Mart killing targeted women across U.S. South
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A man and woman facing murder charges for running over a 65-year-old woman outside a Wal-Mart in suburban Atlanta are suspected in 10 purse snatchings and a kidnapping in parking lots in five Southern states, authorities said on Mon…
E.coli outbreak looks set to infect Chipotle’s same-outlet sales
(Reuters) – Same-restaurant sales at Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc, hit by an E.coli outbreak at its restaurants, look set to decline for the first time since the burrito chain was spun off from McDonald’s Corp in 2006.
Endangered rhino dies at California zoo, three remain worldwide
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A northern white rhinoceros, one of just four left on Earth, died on Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park after suffering from a bacterial infection and age-related health issues, zoo officials said.
