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.
Protesters against Minneapolis police shooting ousted from city council meeting
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Three protesters were removed from a Minneapolis city council meeting on Friday after they voiced disapproval over how city leaders have handled the investigation of Sunday’s police killing of an unarmed African-American man.
U.S. likely to make another South China Sea patrol before year-end: Navy official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy will likely carry out another patrol within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea before the end of the year, a U.S. Navy official said on Friday.
Man who landed gyrocopter at Capitol pleads guilty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Florida man who flew a gyrocopter onto the U.S. Capitol grounds to publicize campaign finance reform pleaded guilty on Friday to a reduced charge.
Chipotle E. coli outbreak reaches six states, shares tumble
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – More than 40 people have fallen ill with E. coli food poisoning after eating at Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants in six different states, federal health officials said on Friday, sending shares of the burrito chain to an 18-mo…
