Once-parched Texas city orders evacuation due to floods
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A North Texas city that a few months ago was in a drought so severe that it had to recycle sewage water for drinking ordered residents on Thursday to evacuate certain areas due to flooding.
Ex-NFL star Ray Rice’s domestic violence charges dismissed
(Reuters) – A New Jersey judge on Thursday dismissed domestic violence charges against Ray Rice brought against the former National Football League star for knocking unconscious the woman he later married after Rice completed a pretrial intervention pr…
Viking recalls 60,000 high-end ranges over burn hazard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Viking Range LLC is recalling about 60,000 gas ranges priced up to $13,000 after dozens of reports of them igniting by themselves, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday.
Ex-NFL star Hernandez due in court on witness intimidation charge
BOSTON (Reuters) – Convicted murderer and former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez is due in court on Thursday to face charges that he shot a man prosecutors believe witnessed a double homicide of which Hernandez is also accused.
L.A. diner famed for ‘Googie’ architecture saved from threat of demolition
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles diner celebrated as a classic example of mid-20th century Space Age-style Googie architecture was granted historic monument status by city officials on Wednesday, protecting it from the threat of demolition.
Small food makers on fast path to U.S. store shelves, threatening big producers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Small U.S. food manufacturers once toiled for decades to develop a critical mass of fans for their products. Now, an increasing number of privately-held players are going from garage to grocery store in fewer than five years thanks…
Oklahoma Attorney General assigns new prosecutor to sheriff probe
(Reuters) – Oklahoma’s Attorney General said on Wednesday he was assigning an outside prosecutor to the probe of the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office, which has been embroiled in controversy since a reserve deputy fatally shot a black suspect last month.
Third man charged with murder of missing Tennessee student
(Reuters) – A third man has been charged with murder in connection with the 2011 disappearance of a nursing student in Tennessee, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
New York woman jailed for 24 years for fatal subway push
(Reuters) – A New York City woman was jailed for 24 years on Wednesday for fatally pushing a man into the path of an oncoming subway train in 2012 in what officials called a religiously motivated attack, prosecutors said.
Bin Laden fixated on attacking U.S. interests: documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Osama bin Laden was fixated on attacking U.S. targets and pressured al Qaeda groups to heal local rivalries and focus on that cause, according to documents the United States says were seized in his hideout in Pakistan and release…
