Machete-wielding New Orleans airport attacker dies
(Reuters) – The machete-wielding man who was shot by police when he attacked security agents at a New Orleans airport on Friday has died in hospital, police said on Saturday.
LA closer to getting NFL team after stadium petition: report
(Reuters) – The dream of bringing national football back to Los Angeles was a step closer on Saturday after a petition to build a stadium to be shared by the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders garnered 14,000 signatures – twice as many as neede…
U.S. mediators report tentative deal in Honeywell Illinois dispute
(Reuters) – A tentative agreement has been reached in a labor dispute at a Honeywell International Inc uranium conversion plant in Illinois, potentially ending a work stoppage that began last August, federal mediators and the company said on Saturday.
Florida mother faces murder charges in deaths of two children
(Reuters) – A Florida mother will face charges of murdering her young children and attempting to murder her five-month-old baby, police said on Saturday, after arresting the woman holding a knife outside the home and finding the children inside.
Brooklyn house fire kills seven from Orthodox Jewish family
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Seven children from an Orthodox Jewish family died early on Saturday when flames ripped through their Brooklyn home in one of New York City’s deadliest fires in years, officials said.
U.S. authorities seize $180 million Colombian cocaine shipment
BOGOTA (Reuters) – U.S. authorities confiscated a $180 million shipment of cocaine from Colombian drug traffickers aboard a boat on the Pacific Ocean bound for the United States, the Colombian attorney general’s office said on Saturday.
Seven skiers hurt in lift malfunction at Maine’s Sugarloaf resort
(Reuters) – Seven people were injured on Saturday when a ski lift at Maine’s popular Sugarloaf Mountain Resort malfunctioned, sending chairs rolling back on their cable, officials said.
Obama roots on Princeton women’s basketball team including niece
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, a hoops fanatic who relishes the annual March Madness college basketball tournaments, on Saturday cheered on the undefeated Princeton women’s team that includes his niece Leslie Robinson as the scho…
Confronting past, Mississippi town erects Emmett Till museum
SUMNER, Miss. (Reuters) – Six decades after the brutal slaying of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy, the small Mississippi Delta town where two white men were acquitted of his murder is dedicating a museum to the event credited with helping spark th…
Officer shoots man who attacked TSA agents at New Orleans airport
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A law enforcement officer shot a man who attacked several Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents while armed with a machete and wasp spray at a New Orleans airport on Friday night, officials said.
