Honeywell unit probed in toxic gas leak in Illinois
(Reuters) – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it has begun a special inspection at Honeywell Metropolis Works in Illinois to assess a uranium hexafluoride leak that occurred during maintenance activity on Saturday evening.
Rikers Island: prison stories
Rikers Island, the New York City jail complex that houses about 9,800 inmates, is one of the largest in the United States. It is also one of the most troubled.
Oklahoma regulators impose water injection cut to stem earthquakes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Oklahoma regulators are imposing new restrictions on energy companies injecting wastewater underground, in the latest effort to stem a sharp increase in earthquakes.
Idaho woman comes under fire for celebrating her killing of giraffe
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A big-game trophy collector from Idaho has ignited a firestorm of criticism from animal-rights activists for flaunting online images of herself posed with the carcasses of a giraffe and other wildlife she killed during a recen…
Two people shot outside New Jersey hip hop concert
(Reuters) – A gunman shot and wounded two people outside a hip hop concert in New Jersey late on Monday and is thought to have fled to nearby woods, police said.
New Mexico power plant evacuated after suspicious devices found
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) – A large coal-fired power plant in northwest New Mexico was evacuated on Monday after three suspicious devices were found nearby, a day after explosive devices were detonated outside two churches in the southern part of the…
Bottle in car of Ohio man shot by police held fragrance: coroner
(Reuters) – The coroner investigating the death of Samuel DuBose, who was fatally shot by a University of Cincinnati police officer earlier this month, said on Monday that a bottle found in his car marked as gin held fragrance, not an alcoholic beverag…
Seattle aims to clamp down on indoor smoking lounges after violence
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle wants to close about a dozen water pipe smoking lounges linked to three homicides and other violence over the past year and a half, the city’s mayor said on Monday.
Man admits placing bomb outside Colorado Springs NAACP office
DENVER (Reuters) – A 44-year man charged with setting off a pipe bomb in January outside the building that housed the Colorado Springs chapter of the civil rights organization NAACP pleaded guilty on Monday to arson and a weapons charge, prosecutors sa…
Suspected killer of Memphis officer surrenders after manhunt
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – A man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer in Memphis over the weekend surrendered to authorities on Monday after an extensive manhunt and being placed on the state’s most-wanted fugitives list, the sheriff’s offi…
