Alaska wildfire destroys dozens of homes, menaces highway
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – A fast-spreading Alaska wildfire has destroyed up to 45 homes and forced authorities to restrict traffic on a major highway connecting two of the state’s largest cities, state officials said on Monday.
Boston teens charged in shooting of youth on bicycle plead not guilty
BOSTON (Reuters) – A pair of Boston teenagers charged with fatally shooting a 16-year-old as he rode his bicycle through a rough part of the city pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges after their mothers turned them in to police over the weekend.
Texas, Louisiana brace for Gulf of Mexico storm
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A tropical disturbance packing heavy rains in the Gulf of Mexico was slated to drench the coast of Texas weeks after floods killed about 30 people in the state, the National Weather Service said on Monday.
New trial begins for former South Carolina police chief who shot black man
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A second trial began on Monday for a former South Carolina police chief charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man, one of a series of cases that has raised questions about U.S. law enforcement’s use …
Armed man shot trying to get into Arkansas air base: authorities
(Reuters) – An armed man trying to get into the Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas was shot at the gate on Monday and is in critical condition at an area hospital, base officials said.
Two Catholic U.S. bishops resign in child sex abuse scandal
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Monday accepted the resignation of two U.S. bishops on Monday, 10 days after a Minnesota prosecutor filed criminal charges against their diocese for failing to protect children from a sexually abusive priest.
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.
