Wildfire overruns packed California freeway, burns cars
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A fast-moving brush fire in the Southern California foothills overran a packed freeway in a mountain pass on Friday, destroying four structures and torching 20 vehicles as drivers abandoned their cars and scrambled to safety.
Residents sue Seattle to block city haulers from snooping into trash
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle is violating constitutional guarantees of privacy and due process in allowing garbage collectors to inspect refuse bins to gauge a home’s compliance with the city’s strict trash-sorting rules, residents said in a lawsuit thi…
Family, supporters mark anniversary of New York chokehold death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Family and supporters on Friday marked the anniversary of the police killing of Eric Garner with rallies and vigils demanding police reforms and justice in the controversial case.
U.S. Marines nearing F-35B combat readiness declaration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Marine Corps’ top aviator flew to an Arizona air base this week as part of a final effort to certify the combat-readiness of an initial squadron of 10 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35B fighter jets, their pilots and technicians…
Ex-mail carrier pleads guilty to charges he delivered heroin in Hawaii
(Reuters) – A former U.S. Postal Service employee in Hawaii has pleaded guilty to charges he distributed heroin in the mail in exchange for receiving some of the drug for himself, court records showed.
Maine police capture man suspected of killing two, wounding three
(Reuters) – Police captured a registered sex offender in northern Maine on Friday suspected of killing two people, wounding three others and abducting a 22-year-old woman, authorities said.
Montana train derailment spilled 35,000 gallons of crude oil
(Reuters) – A train derailment in rural eastern Montana spilled 35,000 gallons (132,489 liters) of crude oil and forced the evacuation of about 30 people, a U.S. official said on Friday in an email to state officials.
Suspect in slaying of U.S. Marines made 2014 trip to Mideast
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The suspect in the fatal shootings of four U.S. Marines traveled to Jordan and possibly other Middle Eastern countries last year, authorities said on Friday, as the investigation focused on any signs of a conne…
Seattle’s long-broken tunnel-boring machine set to resume Nov. 23
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The world’s largest-diameter tunneling machine could resume drilling under downtown Seattle in late November after repairs are completed, allowing a central part of a years-delayed highway project to go forward, Washington state off…
Arizona mother gets life in prison for killing five-year-old daughter
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona mother was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for abusing and then murdering her five-year-old daughter, whose body was never found despite a massive search.
