Squirrel knocks out power to thousands in San Francisco bay area
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A squirrel knocked out power for some 45,000 energy customers in the San Francisco Bay area on Monday, according to officials and the local Contra Costa Times newspaper.
Federal Louisiana judge orders release of ‘Angola Three’ inmate
(Reuters) – A federal judge in Louisiana on Monday ordered the release of the last of the prisoners known as the “Angola Three,” who has spent more than four decades in solitary confinement in connection with the 1972 second-degree murder of a prison g…
Two California men plead not guilty of seeking to help Islamic State: newspaper
(Reuters) – Two Southern California men pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to travel to the Middle East to join the militant group Islamic State, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Striking Texas refinery workers say reach tentative pact with Marathon
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Negotiators for Marathon Petroleum Corp and union workers at the company’s Galveston Bay, Texas, refinery reached a tentative agreement on Monday for a four-year contract, pointing to the end of a walkout that has lasted four months, said local union officials.
Washington state newspaper carrier run over, killed by competitor
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A man delivering newspapers in Washington state was backing out of a driveway when he ran over and killed a woman who was making deliveries for another newspaper, the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office said.
U.S. to wipe out more Corinthian Colleges student debt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Education said on Monday it was moving to forgive much of the federal student debt of some of the 78,000 students who had attended the now-bankrupt Corinthian Colleges.
Calls mount to fire Texas officer who threw girl to ground
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A rally is planned for Monday in the Dallas-area city of McKinney calling for the firing of a police officer seen in a viral video throwing a bikini-clad teenage girl to the ground and pointing his pistol at other youths at a …
Qatar Airways CEO sees no need for concessions to U.S. airlines
MIAMI (Reuters) – Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said on Monday he saw no reason for Middle Eastern governments to propose any changes to transportation policy in response to U.S. airlines that allege unfair competition from Gulf carriers…
Mississippi blogger pleads guilty in U.S. senator’s wife photo case
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – A Mississippi political blogger accused of breaking into a nursing home to videotape the ailing wife of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiracy to commit burglary, according to a local district attorn…
New Jersey uses ‘one-shot’ budget-balancing maneuvers: study
(Reuters) – Many U.S. states balance their budgets by using short-term techniques to make it appear spending does not exceed revenue, according to a report released on Monday that singled out New Jersey for using these budget-balancing maneuvers.
