Oregon college shaken by massacre reopens with counselors, comfort dogs
ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) – Students still shaken from the deadly mass shooting at an Oregon community college days ago were welcomed back to campus Monday by grief counselors, comfort dogs and words of encouragement from faculty, but classes remained c…
Body found in search for U.S. ship that vanished in hurricane
MIAMI (Reuters) – Missing cargo ship El Faro, hit by powerful Hurricane Joaquin, is believed to have sunk off the Bahamas and one presumed crew member is confirmed dead, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday.
Montana hunter fends off grizzly by sticking arm into its throat
(Reuters) – A hunter tracking elk in the Montana mountains said he fended off an attacking grizzly bear by shoving his arm into its throat to induce a gag reflex that would frighten it away, according to state wildlife managers.
Body found in search for U.S. ship that vanished in hurricane
MIAMI (Reuters) – Missing cargo ship El Faro, hit by powerful Hurricane Joaquin, is believed to have sunk off the Bahamas and one presumed crew member is confirmed dead, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday.
Nine dead in historic South Carolina rains and flooding
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – Floodwaters inundating South Carolina after unprecedented rainfall have resulted in nine deaths, more than 500 road and bridge closures and hundreds of rescues of people trapped in homes and cars by the rising water, off…
University of Texas debates guns on campus after Oregon shooting
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A law to allow guns in more places at the University of Texas system would increase the danger on campuses and could not prevent mass killings like the one last week in Oregon, faculty and students told a forum on Monday.
Benghazi committee Democrats say they’ll release witness transcripts
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Democratic minority on a U.S. congressional committee investigating the attack in Benghazi, Libya, intend to defy the committee’s Republican leaders by releasing the transcript of a closed-door interview with a forme…
Oregon college shaken by massacre reopens with counselors, comfort dogs
ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) – Students still shaken from a shooting rampage days earlier that claimed 10 lives were welcomed back on Monday by grief counselors and comfort dogs to their community college in southern Oregon, but classes remained canceled t…
Yellowstone National Park sets record year with 3.8 million visitors so far
CODY, Wyoming (Reuters) – More people visited Yellowstone National Park last month than any September previously, and the park has set a new annual visitation record with nearly three months still left in the year.
Obama heads to Oregon to meet shooting victims’ families Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will travel to Roseburg, Oregon, on Friday to meet privately with the families of the victims of the recent mass shooting there, a White House official said on Monday.
