Miami hosts first Formula E electric car race in U.S
MIAMI (Reuters) – Thousands of fans turned out on Saturday for the first Formula E electric car race in the United States, with organizers saying the event along downtown Miami’s bayfront would help boost more energy efficient mainstream automobile tec…
Airliner lands safely in Denver after blowing tire on takeoff
DENVER (Reuters) – A United Airlines turboprop plane landed safely after it returned to Denver International Airport on Saturday when the Kansas City-bound flight blew a tire on takeoff, officials said.
Harper Lee’s agent ‘surprised’ by elder abuse allegations
(Reuters) – The literary agent for Harper Lee said he was surprised someone had told Alabama authorities that the 88-year-old author might be the victim of elder abuse and manipulated into the publication of her second novel.
Teen turns herself in over attack video at McDonald’s in New York
(Reuters) – New York police took into custody one more teenage girl on Saturday in connection with the beating and robbery of a young woman at a McDonald’s restaurant in Brooklyn that was captured on video and went viral, leaving one suspect still at l…
Afghanistan gave CIA money to al Qaeda for diplomat’s ransom: NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About $1 million provided by the CIA to a secret Afghan government fund ended up in the hands of al Qaeda in 2010 when it was used to pay a ransom for an Afghan diplomat, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
USDA reports virulent strain of avian flu in Kansas poultry
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has identified the first infection of a virulent strain of avian flu in poultry in Kansas, confirming the virus has spread into a migratory bird route that runs through the center of the country.
U.S. appeals ruling on size of BP oil spill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is appealing a federal court ruling that reduced the potential penalty BP Plc must pay for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill by almost $4 billion.
Ten L.A. high school students arrested in sexual assaults
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police arrested 10 teenagers from a Los Angeles high school on Friday in connection with sexual assaults and unlawful sex acts against two fellow students, and investigators were seeking four more youths as suspects, authorities…
American in Honduras isolated pending tests for Ebola
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen has been hospitalized in Honduras while he is screened for Ebola, health authorities in the Central American country said on Friday.
Congressman says criminal probe opened into 2012 Fed leak
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s inspector general has reopened a 2012 case involving leaked information from the central bank and a criminal investigation is pending, according to a letter sent to the Fed by a U.S. Congressman.
