Five injured in fire in famed Chicago skyscraper
(Reuters) – Five people were injured, none seriously, on Saturday in a fire that sent flames bursting out of windows from a residence on the 50th floor of the Chicago’s famous John Hancock Center, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
Brown University unveils $100 million plan to address campus diversity
BOSTON (Reuters) – Brown University has unveiled a $100 million plan aimed at boosting diversity on its Rhode Island campus over the next 10 years, including doubling the number of faculty members from minority and other underrepresented populations.
Reported plans of attack on Atlanta wrestling match not credible: FBI
(Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Saturday it did not view a reported threat by Islamic State militants to attack a professional wrestling event in Atlanta this weekend as credible.
Protesters of Minneapolis police shooting press on in cold
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A few dozen demonstrators endured bitter cold on Saturday outside a Minneapolis police station, where they have spent the last week encamped in protest of the killing of an unarmed African-American man.
Lone U.S. Coast Guard vessel nabs nearly 15 tons of cocaine in 2015
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A single U.S. Coast Guard cutter seized nearly 15 tons of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific this year as part of the most successful counternarcotics operation in the region since 2009, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said …
Some Chipotle customers say undeterred by E. coli outbreak
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Diners at Chipotle Mexican Grill locations on Saturday said freshness and convenience outweighed concerns about contamination following the news that food poisoning cases had erupted at the chain’s locations in six U.S. states.
Early season snowstorm coats Midwestern U.S., affects travel
CHICAGO/DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – A heavy fall snowstorm hit the Midwestern United States on Saturday, blanketing states from South Dakota to Wisconsin with as much as 16 inches (40 cm) of snow, slowing air travel and delaying some events for U.S. p…
Personal finance publisher Austin Kiplinger dies at 97
(Reuters) – Austin Kiplinger, a journalist who took over the financial publishing firm founded by his father and helped create the first magazine devoted to personal finance for U.S. families, has died at age 97, his company said in a statement on Satu…
Oklahoma woman who plowed into homecoming crowd was not drunk: court papers
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) – A woman accused of killing four people and injuring dozens more at Oklahoma State University’s Oct. 24 homecoming parade had a blood alcohol content below the minimum level to be considered legally intoxicated, court papers sho…
Woman fatally stabbed in New York, baby born at the scene
(Reuters) – A 22-year-old woman was fatally stabbed in New York City on Friday and another woman has been arrested in connection with the crime, and at some point during the attack, one of the woman gave birth to a baby, police and media said.
