Snow smashes northeastern U.S. for second time in week
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) – A record breaking winter storm walloped the northeastern United States on Monday, burying Boston to force the delay of its Super Bowl victory parade and leaving behind more than a foot (30 cm) of snow in the Chicago area.
California day care center shuts down after baby contracts measles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A day care center at a Southern California high school has been closed after a baby enrolled in the program was diagnosed with measles amid an outbreak that has already infected more than 100 people nationwide, the Los Angeles T…
Jury selection in Colorado cinema massacre case ahead of schedule
DENVER (Reuters) – Jury selection in the murder trial of Colorado theater gunman James Holmes is moving quicker than expected, with individual questioning of prospective jurors set to begin next week, a court spokesman said on Monday.
Oklahoma man cited for dumping two dozen cow heads near river
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – An Oklahoma man has been cited with illegally dumping 24 decapitated cow heads and three dead calves near the state’s Arkansas River over the weekend.
Boston delays Super Bowl parade until Wednesday due to storm
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston will delay until Wednesday its parade to celebrate the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl victory, after Mayor Marty Walsh decided on Monday to push the event back a day because of a snowstorm pounding the city.
U.S. groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (Reuters) – Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog famous for his weather predictions, saw his shadow after emerging from his burrow atop Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania on Monday, forecasting six more weeks of winter.
Obama’s budget would allow pot sales in District of Columbia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s $4 trillion budget would allow legal sales of marijuana in the District of Columbia by adding one word – “federal” – to spending language Congress approved last year.
NFL great Warren Sapp arrested for soliciting escort, assault in Phoenix
PHOENIX (Reuters) – National Football League Hall of Fame defensive tackle Warren Sapp was arrested at a Phoenix hotel on Monday on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute and assault, authorities said.
Four wounded in post-Super Bowl gunfight in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Four people were shot and wounded and a fifth was badly beaten during a street brawl and gunfight that erupted late on Sunday in the aftermath of a Super Bowl party in Sacramento, police said.
Whitney Houston’s daughter ‘fighting for her life’
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The daughter of late pop star Whitney Houston is fighting for her life two days after being found unresponsive in a bathtub at her suburban Atlanta home, her family said on Monday.
