Boston police thwart possible shooting at Pokemon game competition
(Reuters) – Two men linked to violent threats directed over social media at people attending the Pokemon Wold Championships in Boston were arrested last week on suspicion of illegally possessing an AR-15 rifle, shotgun, and hundreds of bullets, police …
Zoo staff help Washington panda with newborn twins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – National Zoo staff are helping giant panda Mei Xiang adjust to life with her newborn twins by occasionally switching out one cub and keeping it in an incubator, zoo officials said on Sunday.
Crowd packs former President Carter’s Sunday school after his cancer spreads
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Larger-than-usual crowds of well-wishers meant former President Jimmy Carter had to teach an extra Bible class at his rural Georgia church and a local schoolhouse on Sunday, after he announced on Thursday cancer had spread to his br…
Man charged in Texas after firing shots on school roof
(Reuters) – Authorities filed charges on Sunday against a man who allegedly fired shots on the roof of an elementary school in Richmond, Texas, police said. No injuries were reported.
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.
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….
