White House program to aim at combating rise in heroin deaths
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With a rise nationally in fatal heroin overdoses, the White House on Monday will announce a plan pairing law enforcement officials with public health workers in an effort to emphasize treatment rather than prosecution of addicts,…
Four killed in a two-plane collision near San Diego
(Reuters) – Four people were killed on Sunday morning when two small planes collided in mid-air about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of downtown San Diego, authorities said.
Software upgrade may have caused 400 U.S. flight cancellations: FAA
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Sunday that a software upgrade at an air traffic center in Leesburg, Virginia, may have led to more than 440 flights getting canceled on the heavily populated U.S. East Coast o…
Bird flu aftershocks to drive U.S. turkey, egg prices higher
(Reuters) – Limited supplies of baby poultry and barn space to house them will hamper U.S. farmers’ efforts to rebuild ravaged egg supplies after the nation’s worst-ever outbreak of bird flu.
Granddaughter of actor Morgan Freeman stabbed to death
(Reuters) – Actor Morgan Freeman on Sunday announced the death of his granddaughter, Edena Hines, 33, who New York City police said was found fatally stabbed near her residence.
Four killed in a two-plane collision near San Diego
(Reuters) – Four people were killed on Sunday morning when two small planes collided in mid-air about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of downtown San Diego, authorities said.
Trump says would raise visa fees to pay for Mexican border wall
(Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would increase fees on some Mexican visas and all border crossing cards as part of a broader plan to force Mexico to pay for a wall along the southern U.S. border.
U.S. civil rights leader Julian Bond dies at 75
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. civil rights leader and former head of the NAACP Julian Bond, who emerged as one of the pre-eminent student activists in America’s turbulent 1960s, died on Saturday aged 75.
Firefighters battle blazes in U.S. Northwest and California
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Wildfires have destroyed 50 homes in north central Idaho while a fire in north-central Washington had nearly doubled in size by Sunday, fire officials said.
Pencils down: More U.S. colleges drop standardized tests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hey, high schoolers, scared of bombing on the SATs and not getting into college? Don’t worry, a growing number of U.S. schools are scrapping standardized test scores as part of admission.
