U.S. Army to give update on case of former war prisoner Bergdahl
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg in North Carolina said it will provide an update on Wednesday in the case of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, a former Taliban prisoner in Afghanistan who was released last summer.
Heave, ho: Elephants rescue 18-wheeler stranded on Louisiana road
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – When an 18-wheeler truck became stranded by the side of a Louisiana road, two elephants inside came to the rescue.
Union vote set at Boeing’s South Carolina plants, stokes labor rift
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Boeing Co faces a union authorization vote next month by thousands of workers at its jetliner facilities in South Carolina, setting up a showdown in their long-running battle in the strongly anti-union state.
Oklahoma civil rights pioneer Nancy Davis dies at 88
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Nancy Randolph Davis, a prominent Oklahoma civil rights activist who in 1949 became the first African-American to enroll at then segregated Oklahoma State University, has died at the age of 88, officials said on Wednesday.
Ex-U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. to be released from prison: USA Today
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. is set to be released from prison on Thursday to a halfway house in Washington, D.C., after spending roughly half of his 30-month sentence behind bars, USA Today reported.
Two dead in Nashville, Tenn. crash that shut down I-40 lanes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Two people were killed on Wednesday morning in a three-vehicle rollover accident in Nashville which shut down several lanes of Interstate 40 at the start of rush hour, police said.
U.S. ATF had to ditch $600,000 worth of surveillance drones: watchdog
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives spent about $600,000 on six drones that had so many defects they were never used for video surveillance as planned, and were eventually ditched, the Justice Department’…
Two men arrested in Maryland high school shooting
(Reuters) – Maryland police have arrested two men for a high school shooting during a basketball game in February that wounded two students, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.
U.S. drivers extend record mileage gains in January: FHA
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The rapid rise in the number of miles driven by U.S. motorists continued into January, federal data showed this week, with travel gaining 4.9 percent from a year ago to another record high.
Pro motorcycle rider Westby dies in Oklahoma crash
(Reuters) – Professional motorcycle racer Dane Westby, 28, was killed in a Tulsa, Oklahoma street crash when the motorcycle he was riding jumped a curb and hit a concrete wall and utility pole, police said on Wednesday.
