NASCAR’s Kurt Busch ordered to stay away from ex-girlfriend
(Reuters) – NASCAR driver Kurt Busch was ordered on Monday to stay away from his ex-girlfriend amid accusations of domestic violence, a Family Court commissioner in Kent County, Delaware, ruled.
Icy storm paralyzes central U.S., pummels nation’s capital
BOSTON (Reuters) – Record-breaking cold gripped the eastern United States on Monday while an icy winter storm crippled the nation’s central states and then plowed into the mid-Atlantic, dumping snow ahead of Tuesday’s morning commute.
Washington Monument shrinks slightly with new measurement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Washington Monument, one of the landmarks of the U.S. capital, is officially 10 inches shorter under a new measurement announced on Monday’s Presidents Day holiday.
Grand jury indicts North Carolina man in killings of Muslims
(Reuters) – A grand jury indicted a North Carolina man on Monday for the shooting deaths of a newlywed Muslim couple and the wife’s sister last week, a court official said.
Labor secretary to meet over West Coast ports dispute Tuesday
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (Reuters) – U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez will travel to San Francisco on Tuesday to meet with both sides in a dispute between shipping companies and dock workers that has led to a partial shutdown of ports along the U.S. West Co…
Managers bunk down at U.S. refineries as strike enters third week
TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) – U.S. oil refinery managers are going to the mats, literally, during the biggest fight with union workers in 35 years, bedding down for a third strike week that experts and some employees say raises concerns over safety and oper…
Northeast hit by blizzards, cold, after record snow
BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Northeast struggled to dig out on Sunday from the latest in a series of winter storms that made February the snowiest month in Boston’s history, but bitter cold and huge drifts hampered the effort.
Shooting with ‘some injuries’ reported in a Walmart in Mississippi
(Reuters) – Police were investigating a shooting with “some injuries” at a Walmart store in Iuka, Mississippi on Sunday, and the store was closed, the Tishomingo County Sheriff’s Office said.
Draft U.S. rules on commercial drones keep some limits
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. aviation regulator proposed rules on Sunday for commercial drone flights that would lift some restrictions but would still bar activities such as the delivery of packages and inspection of pipelines that have been eyed by …
Draft U.S. rules on commercial drones keep some limits on use
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. aviation regulator proposed rules on Sunday for commercial drone flights that would lift some restrictions but would still bar activities such as the delivery of packages and inspection of pipelines that have been eyed by …
