White House aims to boost homeowner renewable energy use
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Monday expanded its push for greater renewable energy adoption, announcing fresh financial incentives for solar panels, smart grid technology and other alternative energies for homeowners and builders.
Judge to decide whether Pennsylvania official will face perjury trial
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – Prosecutors on Monday will lay out the details of their criminal case against Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, who is accused of illegally leaking grand jury information to embarrass a political foe, and then lyi…
NYC officer on mayor’s security team shot with pellet gun
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City police officer assigned to the mayor’s security detail was struck by an apparent BB or pellet gun outside the mayor’s residence in Manhattan, police said on Monday.
National Zoo staff keeping cautious eye on panda twin cubs in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – National Zoo staff are keeping a close eye on giant panda Mei Xiang’s newborn twins, given the cubs’ fragile state just days after their birth, the zoo’s lead veterinarian said on Monday.
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.
