One person dead, another missing after San Antonio flooding
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – One person is dead and another missing after flash floods hit San Antonio Thursday afternoon, fire officials said on Friday.
Faulty elevator door, radio problems led to Cincinnati firefighter’s death: city report
(Reuters) – A faulty elevator door lock, along with radio problems, caused a veteran Cincinnati firefighter to fall to his death head-first 22 feet down an elevator shaft, fire department officials said on Friday.
New Orleans mayor faces house arrest in firefighter wage squabble
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A 5 p.m. deadline loomed on Friday for the city of New Orleans to either pay its firefighters $75 million in back wages or see Mayor Mitch Landrieu placed under weekend house arrest until a deal is reached.
California citrus farmers pull up trees, dig reservoirs to survive drought
ARVIN, Calif. (Reuters) – At the Gless family’s sprawling citrus ranch north of Los Angeles, a massive excavator twists and bends, digging a private reservoir on drought-parched land that just a few months ago contained 400 orange trees.
BA jet engine failure uncontained, pieces hit runway: investigators
(Reuters) – The British Airways plane that caught fire upon take-off from Las Vegas this week suffered an uncontained engine failure, with bits of the engine exploding onto the runway, according to initial findings from U.S. investigators.
Suspect shot dead as LA police storm diner and free hostages
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An armed man holding several hostages in a Los Angeles restaurant was shot dead on Thursday night as police stormed the building to free the hostages, police said, though it was not clear whether an officer fired the fatal bulle…
Evacuations ordered as northern California wildfire expands in extreme heat
(Reuters) – A wildfire burning in parched northern California brushland expanded rapidly on Thursday as the area sweltered under triple digit temperatures, forcing the evacuation of several communities, state fire officials said.
Exclusive – U.S. to China: Take back your undocumented immigrants
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In early June, in cities across America, U.S. immigration agents arrested more than two dozen Chinese nationals with unfulfilled deportation orders, telling them that after years of delay, China was finally taking ste…
Taser weapons factory blast injures seven, one critically
PHOENIX (Reuters) – One worker was critically injured and six hurt on Thursday in an explosion at the Arizona-based operations of the company that makes Taser weapons, fire officials said.
Record numbers visit Yellowstone Park so far this year
(Reuters) – Record numbers of tourists and tour groups have visited Yellowstone National Park so far this year, putting the oldest national park in the United States on track to mark one of its most popular years, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
