Idaho town under indefinite order to boil water to prevent illnesses
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Residents of an Idaho town were ordered on Tuesday to boil drinking water for a third day because of sediments in the public water supply that could harbor harmful parasites like cryptosporidium and strains of e-coli bacteria,…
Seattle contractors devise alternative rescue for tunnel machine
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Contractors have created an alternative plan to extract the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine stalled deep underneath downtown Seattle if the faltering equipment cannot move itself to a rescue pit, transportation officials said …
Milwaukee council approves $124 million streetcar system
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Milwaukee lawmakers on Tuesday approved a $124 million plan to build a downtown streetcar system, which supporters say will spur economic growth and opponents call a waste of money.
Pentagon defends 2016 budget request that exceeds spending caps
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) – Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work on Tuesday defended the Pentagon’s decision to ask Congress for a 2016 budget that far exceeds federal spending caps, saying several years of cuts have hurt the military’s ability to mo…
Serial flight stowaway jailed in Florida, nabbed at beach resort
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A woman notorious for sneaking onto commercial flights has been jailed in North Florida, where she was caught checking into a beach resort under a false name, authorities said on Tuesday.
Jury hears taped confession in New York boy’s murder
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A jury intently watched the videotaped confession on Tuesday of a man accused of murdering Etan Patz in 1979 and heard him say he choked the 6-year-old boy and “just couldn’t let go.”
Man charged with murder of Virginia student Hannah Graham
(Reuters) – A hospital worker has been charged with the murder of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, whose disappearance shocked the campus and drew national headlines, authorities said on Tuesday.
President Obama to make Chicago district a national monument
CHICAGO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will designate part of Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood, a site famous in the history of urban planning, labor and the civil rights movement, as a national monument, the White House said on Tuesday.
Penalty on tap for worker who urinated in California reservoir
(Reuters) – A public utilities employee found to have urinated into a California drinking water reservoir that had been emptied for maintenance likely will be suspended for several days without pay, a utility official said on Tuesday.
Massachusetts transit official defends snowstorm shutdown
BOSTON (Reuters) – The head of Massachusetts’ transportation authority on Tuesday defended the decision to shut Boston-area subways and rail service after a record-setting string of snowstorms that has hammered the northeastern United States in the pas…
