New Orleans’ finances still vulnerable 10 years after Katrina: Moody’s
(Reuters) – A decade after New Orleans was hit by Hurricane Katrina, the costliest storm in U.S. history, the city’s finances have improved but still face several challenges, according to a Moody’s Investors Service report released on Monday.
Researchers sample enormous oceanic trash vortex ahead of clean-up proposal
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Researchers returned on Sunday from mapping and sampling a massive swirling cluster of trash floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, as the Dutch-borne crew works to refine a clean-up strategy it will roll out globally.
Rain puts damper on New Hampshire topless beach protest
HAMPTON, N.H. (Reuters) – Rainy weather put a damper on a plan for hundreds of women to shed their tops at a popular New Hampshire beach on Sunday in a statement for gender equality, with only two or three dozen showing up.
Oklahoma labor commissioner killed in restaurant stabbing: local media
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The Commissioner of Labor for Oklahoma, Mark Costello, was killed in a stabbing at a fast food restaurant in Oklahoma City on Sunday, local broadcasters reported, citing unnamed sources.
Softer winds, new trucks buoy fire crews fighting deadly U.S. Northwest blazes
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Beleaguered ground crews battling newly swelled wildfires across Washington state were aided by softer winds on Sunday as they welcomed the expected arrival of new fire engines and water-carrying tankers to a military base in the dr…
HollyFrontier says Tulsa refinery operations not affected by fire
HOUSTON (Reuters) – HollyFrontier Corp said operations at the West plant of its 125,000 barrel-per-day Tulsa, Oklahoma, refinery, were not affected by a fire on Sunday morning and that there were no injuries.
Boston police thwart possible shooting at Pokemon game competition
(Reuters) – Two men linked to violent threats directed over social media at people attending the Pokemon Wold Championships in Boston were arrested last week on suspicion of illegally possessing an AR-15 rifle, shotgun, and hundreds of bullets, police …
Zoo staff help Washington panda with newborn twins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – National Zoo staff are helping giant panda Mei Xiang adjust to life with her newborn twins by occasionally switching out one cub and keeping it in an incubator, zoo officials said on Sunday.
Crowd packs former President Carter’s Sunday school after his cancer spreads
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Larger-than-usual crowds of well-wishers meant former President Jimmy Carter had to teach an extra Bible class at his rural Georgia church and a local schoolhouse on Sunday, after he announced on Thursday cancer had spread to his br…
Man charged in Texas after firing shots on school roof
(Reuters) – Authorities filed charges on Sunday against a man who allegedly fired shots on the roof of an elementary school in Richmond, Texas, police said. No injuries were reported.
