Total reduces Port Arthur refinery output after worker killed: sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Total SA reduced production at its 225,500 barrel per day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery on Saturday after a contract worker was killed when the bulldozer he was driving in a pit beneath a refining unit flipped over in petroleum…
Officials looking for entangled blue whale off California coast
(Reuters) – Officials on Saturday were trying to locate a blue whale entangled in a fishing line off the southern California coast after efforts to free it failed on Friday.
Hundreds gather at jail for Kentucky clerk held in gay marriage dispute
GRAYSON, Ky. (Reuters) – Up to 500 supporters gathered outside a Kentucky jail on Saturday to support a county clerk held there for defying a federal judge’s order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Judge upholds Arizona’s ‘show your papers’ immigration law
(Reuters) – A federal judge has upheld part of Arizona’s contentious immigration law, rejecting claims that the so-called “show your papers” section of the law discriminated against Hispanics.
Annual pillow fight turns bloody at West Point military academy
(Reuters) – An annual pillow fight among freshman at the United States Military Academy turned violent and left 30 cadets injured, the school’s superintendent said on Saturday.
California company recalls cucumbers amid deadly salmonella outbreak
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A California produce company is recalling cucumbers imported from Mexico amid concerns they could be the source of a salmonella outbreak that has killed one person and infected at least 285 people in 27 U.S. states, authorities sai…
Two dead in fiery Las Vegas bus crash
(Reuters) – Two people died and four more were hurt early on Saturday in a fiery bus crash near downtown Las Vegas, authorities said.
Prosecutors seek to re-argue case that ended Connecticut death penalty
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – Connecticut prosecutors asked the state Supreme Court on Friday to reconsider its recent decision on a narrow vote to end the state’s death penalty, a clerk for the state Supreme Court said.
High school football player dies during Louisiana game
(Reuters) – A high school football player in Louisiana died from injuries he sustained on the field during a game, officials told Reuters on Saturday.
Fire at Washington state Planned Parenthood ruled arson
(Reuters) – A fire that badly damaged a Planned Parenthood building in Washington state early on Friday was caused by arson, local officials said.
