Former U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright of Texas dies at 92
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Jim Wright, a Texas Democrat known for hardball politics who quit amid accusations of financial impropriety, has died at the age of 92, the Texas Democratic Party said.
Oil train derails in North Dakota, small town evacuated
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire in Wells County, North Dakota on Wednesday, officials said, just days after the U.S. government announced sweeping reforms to improve safety of the volatile shipments.
Florida woman’s online order asks for pizza, police help
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Employees at a Pizza Hut in Florida were praised on Wednesday for helping rescue a customer who wrote a message in her online pizza order that she was being held hostage and needed someone to call 911, authorities said.
NHC says 60 percent chance of cyclone for storm approaching Bahamas
(Reuters) – An upper-level trough and a weak surface low located over the
Drought forces California into first mandatory rules to save water
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California water regulators on Tuesday adopted the state’s first rules for mandatory cutbacks in urban water use as the region’s catastrophic drought enters its fourth year.
U.S. probing Islamic State claims it was behind Texas cartoon attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. investigators were looking into claims by the Islamic State that it was behind a failed attack on a Texas exhibit of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in which two gunmen were killed, but officials said on Tuesday they doubte…
Police officer dies after shooting in north Idaho
(Reuters) – A police officer died of his wounds after he was shot by a man he was trying to stop in northern Idaho on Tuesday, officials said.
Michigan voters reject $1.9 billion road repair measure
DETROIT (Reuters) – Michigan voters Tuesday rejected a ballot proposal to hike the state sales tax to pay for fixing the state’s crumbling roads and bridges.
Prince to perform in Baltimore in wake of black man’s death
(Reuters) – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Prince will perform a special concert in Baltimore on Sunday, apparently in part to honor the 25-year-old black man whose death from spinal injuries suffered in police custody sparked weeks of protest and a day o…
As millennials reach parenthood, fund managers bet on ‘burbs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amy Paternite, a real estate agent in Maplewood, New Jersey, is getting used to hearing from clients in their late twenties and early thirties who say they never thought they would leave New York City for the suburbs. Parenthood – or a second baby on the way – has changed their minds.
