Union says tentative deal reached to end U.S. refinery strike
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The United Steelworkers union and oil companies have reached a tentative deal to end the largest U.S. refinery strike in 35 years, the labor group and people familiar with the negotiations said on Thursday.
Ex-Marine freed from Mexico jail accused of drunk driving in Georgia
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A former U.S. Marine jailed in Mexico last year on weapons charges but freed seven months later so he could seek treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder has been arrested in Georgia on suspicion of drunken driving and other t…
Obama: no excuse for criminal acts in Ferguson, Missouri
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday there was no excuse for criminal acts at public protests against racially biased law enforcement practices in Ferguson, Missouri.
U.S. Army helicopter crash off Florida kills 11; most bodies recovered
(Reuters) – Search teams found the wreckage of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed off Florida’s Gulf Coast and have recovered the bodies of most of the seven Marines and four soldiers on board, authorities and local media said on Thursday.
Obama disappointed by latest Secret Service incident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior U.S. Secret Service agents are under investigation after driving a government vehicle through an area where their colleagues were investigating a suspicious package, a law enforcement official said on Thursday.
Seattle school bus hit by air gun first mistaken for bullets
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A school bus arriving outside a Seattle elementary school on Thursday was struck by rounds fired by a BB gun initially mistaken for gunfire, prompting a lockdown of the school and a search for suspects, but no one was hurt, city pol…
Seattle school bus waiting to pick up kids hit by gunfire, no one hurt
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A school bus arriving outside a Seattle elementary school to pick up children at the end of the day on Thursday was struck by gunfire, prompting a lockdown of the school and a search for suspects, but no one was hurt, city police an…
Ambush of policemen triggers manhunt in racially tense Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – The shooting of two police officers during a protest rally in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked an intense manhunt for suspects on Thursday and ratcheted up tensions in a city at the center of a national debate over race and policin…
Worker at Louisiana primate facility possibly exposed to deadly bacterium
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A Louisiana primate research facility worker may have been exposed to a deadly bacterium stored at an on-site laboratory that earlier sickened three monkeys, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
Man recalls ‘terrifying’ carjacking at Boston bombing trial
BOSTON (Reuters) – A man carjacked by the accused Boston Marathon bombers shortly after prosecutors say they shot and killed a policeman on Thursday recalled the moment when one of the brothers jumped into his Mercedes and told him he was one of the bo…
