Embraer to add airplane seat plant in Florida expansion
MELBOURNE, Fla. (Reuters) – Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer SA will build an airplane seat manufacturing plant in Titusville, Florida, expanding its facilities in the region hit hard by the shutdown of NASA’s space shuttle program four years ag…
Girl dies after falling unconscious on California roller coaster
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 10-year-old girl who became unconscious while riding a roller coaster at the Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park north of Los Angeles on Friday has died, the county coroner’s office said on Monday.
U.S. lets Delta Air Lines keep Seattle-Haneda route
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department said on Monday it had finalized a decision to let Delta Air Lines keep a route between Seattle and Tokyo’s Haneda airport.
Accused accomplice in New York prison break appears in court
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Reuters) – A female prison employee accused of helping two convicted killers stage a brazen escape appeared in court in upstate New York on Monday, under heavy protection and clad in apparent body armor and prison stripes.
Shell Arctic drilling rig departs Seattle surrounded by protesters
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling rig that will search for oil in the Arctic pulled out of its temporary base in Seattle on Monday for the trip north to Alaska as dozens of activists in kayaks tried to stop its movement, authorities …
Mississippi blogger sentenced in scandal over U.S. Senator’s wife
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – A Mississippi blogger who pleaded guilty to burglary for going into a nursing home to photograph the ailing wife of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran was sentenced to five years in prison, a county court judge ruled on Monday.
Judge dismisses fourth juror in Colorado theater shooting case
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – The judge in the capital murder trial of Colorado movie-theater gunman James Holmes dismissed a fourth juror on Monday, after the woman acknowledged that her brother-in-law was recently the victim of a shooting in a robber…
Teen arrested in Virginia parking lot stabbing deaths
(Reuters) – A 15-year-old Virginia boy has been charged with first-degree homicide in the stabbing deaths of two men at a Fredericksburg, Virginia, shopping center, authorities said Monday.
Former NFL star Sharper pleads guilty to rape in New Orleans
(Reuters) – Former National Football League star Darren Sharper pleaded guilty on Monday to drugging and raping three women in New Orleans, the final step in a series of deals with prosecutors in federal court and four states.
Widow of CBS News’ Bob Simon sues car service, driver after crash
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The driver of a car that crashed and killed veteran CBS News correspondent Bob Simon had two speeding convictions and his driver’s license suspended nine times, according to a lawsuit by Simon’s widow made public on Monday.
