Man struck, killed by Amtrak train outside Boston, officials say
BOSTON (Reuters) – A man was fatally struck by an Amtrak passenger train south of Boston on Thursday, railroad officials said,.
Lawyers for NFL, players union in court again to talk ‘Deflategate’ deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for the National Football League and its players union returned to federal court on Thursday to discuss a potential settlement of litigation over New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady’s “Deflategate” suspension.
Firefighters make progress against growing California blaze
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Firefighters kept battling blazes across drought-parched California on Thursday, and thousands of them made solid progress against a wildfire that has forced 150 people to evacuate homes outside of San Francisco.
Convicted Virginia ex-governor asks to stay free pending high court appeal
(Reuters) – Former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell asked a U.S. appeals court on Thursday to remain out of prison pending appeal of his corruption convictions to the Supreme Court.
Oklahoma man dies from brain-eating amoeba infection
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma man has died after contracting a rare brain-eating disease while swimming in a lake in the southern part of the state, officials said on Thursday.
Texas tortoise theft leads to arrest of suspected sex offender
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Police investigating a Texas man for holding a tortoise for ransom ended up arresting him on a charge of sexually assaulting a child, officials said on Thursday.
At least five dead in spate of shootings around Boston
BOSTON (Reuters) – At least five people were killed in four apparently unrelated shooting incidents around Boston, police said on Thursday, provoking outrage from the city’s mayor who said the violence “has to stop.”
At drab Philadelphia jail, anxious times precede papal visit
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – When Dino Robinson was sent to Philadelphia’s largest jail to await trial, the tattooed, 29-year-old inmate could hardly have imagined he would wind up in the furniture shop upholstering a special chair to be presented to Pope …
Rents for prime U.S. cropland, farmer incomes projected to fall more
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Cash rents for some of the most fertile farmland in the United States fell in the second quarter and are likely to decline again between July and September, according to a survey published on Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of …
U.S. military’s transgender care costs ‘negligible,’ study says
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Transition care for transgender members of the U.S. military would cost around $5.6 million a year, “little more than a rounding error” as a share of total expenditure, according to new research published amid crit…
