Women’s World Cup soccer champs toasted with parade, keys to New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Screams and a blizzard of confetti showered the World Cup winning U.S. women’s soccer players as they rolled up New York City’s “Canyon of Heroes” on Friday in the first ticker-tape parade honoring a women’s sports team.
FAA investigates engine issues of two grounded Southwest flights
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating engine problems that grounded two Southwest Airlines planes this week at Chicago Midway International Airport, FAA and airline officials said on Friday.
Michigan doctor gets 45-year prison sentence for healthcare fraud
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday sentenced a Detroit-area doctor who admitted performing unnecessary procedures on hundreds of cancer patients to 45 years in prison, prosecutors said.
Connecticut man gets prison for keeping mentally ill sister in ‘dungeon’
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A Connecticut man who was sentenced to prison for locking his mentally ill sister in a feces-soiled room for years hopes he can “help heal his shattered family,” his lawyer said on Friday.
Dear customers: That Minion isn’t cursing. Sincerely, McDonald’s
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Kentucky teen jogging with headphones killed by train
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A northern Kentucky teenager was struck and killed by a train while jogging on railroad tracks near his home while wearing headphones, a county sheriff’s office said on Friday.
Detroit Three, UAW will square off over wages, U.S. jobs
DETROIT (Reuters) – The Big Three U.S. automakers and the United Auto Workers union will kick off bargaining Monday for new contracts that would set how much more robust, post-recession profits the industry shares with workers, and determine union cost…
Flag removal opens door for South Carolina to bid for NCAA championships
(Reuters) – South Carolina can host championship-level college sports events after the Confederate battle flag was removed from the grounds of the state capitol on Friday, National Collegiate Athletic Association President Mark Emmert said.
Texas girl, 12, takes siblings for a car ride, crashes into church
DALLAS (Reuters) – A 12-year-old Texas girl packed her three younger siblings into the family SUV for a late-night joyride that ended shortly after it began when she lost control and crashed into a church, Fort Worth police said on Friday.
One man’s trash is another man’s tourist destination in New York
ON THE ARTHUR KILL, N.Y. (Reuters) – Bright colored kayaks bobbed around the rotted hull of a World War II submarine chaser that was rusted into a ghostly shell and lapped by water as salty as tears.
