San Francisco airport terminal cleared over suspicious item
(Reuters) – Travelers were cleared from a terminal at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday after a “suspicious item” was found at a security checkpoint area, airport officials said on Twitter.
Police handcuff rapper Wiz Khalifa at Los Angeles airport
(Reuters) – Rapper Wiz Khalifa was handcuffed and then released by U.S. Customs officers after refusing to stop riding his hoverboard at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said on Sunday.
Fire hits HollyFrontier’s Tulsa refinery: local reporter
(Reuters) – A fire at HollyFrontier Corp’s 125,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is being handled by the company’s in-house fire crews, according to a Twitter message by a local journalist.
Democrat Sanders courts black voters in South Carolina
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders brought his progressive populism to deeply Republican South Carolina, and made a pitch to connect with the black voters that provide most of the Democratic support in t…
Blighted houses still mar New Orleans a decade after Katrina
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – From the hardscrabble Lower Ninth Ward to middle-class Gentilly, thousands of abandoned homes still litter neighborhoods in New Orleans, a glaring reminder of the mass exodus of residents that followed Hurricane Katrina in 2005….
Danny weakens to a tropical storm, heads for Leeward Islands
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Danny weakened to a tropical storm on Saturday as it headed for the Caribbean’s Leeward Islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Anti-abortion protesters rally at Planned Parenthood sites
(Reuters) – Thousands of anti-abortion protesters on Saturday demonstrated at Planned Parenthood sites around the United States where they called for the federal government to end funding for the health organization.
Smoke blankets parts of Washington state as firefighters guard town from flames
(Reuters) – Firefighters battling a group of fierce wildfires in central Washington state labored on Saturday to expand containment lines outside a lakeside resort town, as large blazes scorched dry land in other parts of the U.S. West.
Man who housed actress O’Donnell’s missing daughter arrested, charged
(Reuters) – The man who was housing actress Rosie O’Donnell’s missing 17-year-old daughter when she was found last week has been arrested, the Ocean County prosecutor’s office in New Jersey said on Saturday.
Giant panda gives birth at Washington’s National Zoo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Zoo’s giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a cub on Saturday, the zoo said.
