White House intruder pleads guilty to assault, illegal entry
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Iraq War veteran pleaded guilty on Friday to charges of running into the White House armed with a knife before being tackled, a security breach that helped lead to a shake-up in the U.S. Secret Service.
Australian pleads guilty in U.S. for Silk Road drug site staff role
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Australian man pleaded guilty on Friday to U.S. charges stemming from his role as a staff member of Silk Road, an underground website where people bought drugs and other illicit goods using bitcoin digital currency.
Minor fire extinguished at Shell Martinez, Calif. refinery: local media
(Reuters) – A small fire was extinguished at Shell’s 156,400 barrel-per-day refinery at Martinez, California on Friday, news website mercurynews.com reported.
Chicago mayor seeks to phase in higher pension payments
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday called for phasing in higher, state-mandated payments to city pension funds to avoid a shock to the city’s budget and a big property tax hike.
Wreckage of crashed U.S. Army chopper being pulled from Florida bay
(Reuters) – A salvage crew including divers worked on Friday to extract the wreckage of a U.S. Army helicopter from the waters off the Florida Panhandle at a depth of about 25 feet (7.6 meters) three days after a crash during a training exercise killed…
Idaho lawmakers approve limits on indoor tanning by teens
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Idaho lawmakers have passed a bill banning indoor tanning for children under 13 and requiring parental consent for those aged 14 to 18 to address the state’s rising skin cancer rate.
U.S. healthcare worker with Ebola in ‘serious’ condition, NIH says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola while in Sierra Leone was in serious condition at a Maryland hospital, and a second American who may have been exposed to that patient was being flown back to the United Stat…
New York woman pleads guilty in fatal subway train push
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 33-year-old New York City woman pleaded guilty on Friday to first-degree manslaughter for fatally pushing a man into the path of an oncoming subway train, prosecutors said.
Washington state governor declares drought emergency
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Washington state Governor Jay Inslee declared a drought emergency across three regions including key agricultural hubs of the U.S. Northwest State on Friday, citing near record low snowpack levels ahead of the spring runoff.
Washington raft company reconsiders tour past mudslide devastation
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Washington state river rafting company offering to take customers floating past the site of a mudslide where 43 people died last year said it might cancel the tour after an outpouring of anger from victims’ families.
