A decade after Katrina, Bourbon Street is rocking again
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Eight days after Hurricane Katrina struck, food critic Tom Fitzmorris was asked how many of the 800 or so restaurants in storm-ravaged New Orleans were open. His answer was zero.
Baylor football player to face punishment for Texas sexual assault
DALLAS (Reuters) – A jury in Waco, Texas that convicted a Baylor University football player of sexual assault heard testimony on Friday as it weighs his punishment, which could include up to 20 years in prison.
Wisconsin judge sets ‘Slenderman’ stabbing trial for October
WAUKESHA, Wis. (Reuters) – Two Wisconsin girls who are charged with attempting to kill a classmate to please the fictional Internet character Slenderman will face trial together on Oct. 15, a judge ruled on Friday.
Officials pinpoint NYC hotel in Legionnaires’ outbreak
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s historic Opera House Hotel, identified as the source of a deadly spate of Legionnaires’ disease, said it will go beyond newly imposed regulations in testing its cooling system even as officials declared an end to th…
Sharks bite two more people in South Carolina, Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A teenage boy in South Carolina and a young girl in Florida were recovering on Friday from shark bites suffered this week in the Atlantic Ocean, the latest in a series of attacks around the world this year.
Ohio sheriff’s deputies discover human remains during drug bust
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Sheriff’s deputies found human remains in an outdoor fire pit while arresting a man on a drug bust in northeast Ohio, officials said on Friday.
U.S. agency opens probe into 2008 Honda Accord air bag controller
DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into air bags on Honda Motor Co’s 2008 Accord sedans after 19 complaints of air bags failing to deploy including in a front crash that resulted in an injury, federal officials said…
Appeals court upholds minimum wage for home-care workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a Department of Labor rule requiring employment agencies to pay the minimum wage and overtime to domestic workers providing in-home care for the elderly, sick or disabled.
Maine woman in grocery-store slaying was ‘angry at life:’ police
AUGUSTA, Maine (Reuters) – A Maine woman accused of fatally stabbing a stranger in the ice cream aisle of a grocery store this week told police she was “angry with life” and had been planning a random attack for a month, according to a police affidavit…
Maryland ‘Batman’ dies when struck by car: police
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