Arizona student dies after rappelling fall
(Reuters) – A 21-year-old Arizona State University student has died after falling while rappelling with a group of climbers from the school, a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office spokesman said on Sunday.
Shots fired near Vice President Biden’s Delaware residence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gun shots rang out from a passing vehicle near U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s residence in Delaware on Saturday night, but the vice president and his wife were not at home, the U.S. Secret Service said on Sunday.
Middle class decline looms over final years of Obama presidency
DALTON, Georgia (Reuters) – Barack Obama enters the final two years of his presidency with a blemish on his legacy that looks impossible to erase: the decline of the middle class he has promised to rescue.
Kentucky teen couple suspected of multi-state crime spree captured
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – Teenage sweethearts from Kentucky were found in Florida early Sunday sleeping in a stolen pickup truck, ending a suspected multi-state crime spree that included vehicle thefts, cashing stolen checks and destruction of prop…
California nurses reach contract agreement, cancel strike
(Reuters) – About 18,000 nurses at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics in central and northern California will receive raises of 14 percent over three years under a tentative agreement averting a potential strike, the union said on Sunday.
‘Friendship Nine’ to be cleared of civil rights sit-in crimes
ROCK HILL, S.C. (Reuters) – Fifty-four years after nine young black men became the first U.S. civil rights protesters to serve jail time for sitting at an all-white lunch counter, surviving members of the group will return to a South Carolina courtroom…
Bill Cosby thanks Denver fans as protesters chant ‘shame!’
DENVER (Reuters) – Bill Cosby thanked hundreds of fans who turned out for shows in Denver on Saturday as a small gathering of protesters outside the theater denounced the comedian, who has been accused of sexual assault by more than a dozen women in th…
Tentative deal averts strike at New York City’s largest produce market
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Workers at New York City’s largest wholesale produce market said on Saturday they had reached a tentative contract agreement, putting off a strike that could have disrupted produce supplies to thousands of restaurants.
Arrest of U.S. FAA inspector prompts new security rules, training
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday suspended a program that allows its inspectors to skip security checkpoints on the job after one of them was arrested with a firearm in his carry-on bag, according to officials and media …
New Jersey mother charged with burning newborn to death
(Reuters) – A New Jersey woman was charged on Saturday with killing her newborn baby by setting her on fire and leaving her burning in the middle of a roadway, law enforcement said.
