Gas vapor eyed as factor in West Virginia oil train fireball
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal investigators will examine whether pressurized gas played a role in the massive blast that followed the derailment of a train carrying crude oil through West Virginia this week, the U.S. Transportation Department said on …
Los Angeles teachers say deadlocked in labor talks, strike possible
(Reuters) – Teachers in the massive Los Angeles public school system said they were deadlocked in negotiations with district administrators, a move that will trigger the intervention of mediators and could ultimately lead to a strike.
South Carolina lawmakers advance plan to take over historically black college
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina lawmakers have moved closer to ordering the state to take control of its only public historically black university, which has been dogged for years by troubled finances and dwindling enrollment.
Record-breaking cold in U.S. Midwest heads to frigid East Coast
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Bone-chilling cold in the U.S. Midwest shattered records in Chicago on Thursday, closing schools and starting its trudge eastward to an already frozen Boston and New York.
Three Texas police officers shot while trying to serve warrant
(Reuters) – Three police officers were shot in the coastal Texas city of Corpus Christi on Thursday as they were attempting to serve a warrant at a home as part of a drug investigation, police said.
Hazmat team responds to Los Angeles courthouse over suspicious letters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A hazardous materials team was sent to a Los Angeles courthouse on Thursday over suspicious letters mailed to court personnel, but no evacuation was ordered and business continued without interruption, officials said.
Minnesota man charged with conspiring to support Islamic State
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A Minnesota man pulled off an airplane bound for Turkey last year has been indicted on charges of conspiring to support Islamic State and lying to federal agents investigating recruitment by militant groups, prosecutors said on …
Revenge porn operator agrees to plea to criminal charges in Los Angeles
(Refiles story dated February 18, correcting first name of defendant to Hunter instead of Michael in second paragraph)
Removed from ventilator, Bobbi Kristina Brown’s condition unchanged: source
(Reuters) – Doctors have taken Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of late singer Whitney Houston, off the ventilator that has helped her breathe since she was found unresponsive in a bathtub last month, but no decisions have been made to take her off life …
Taped confession in New York boy’s 1979 murder replayed for jury
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Parts of Pedro Hernandez’s videotaped confession about strangling a boy in 1979 were replayed at his murder trial on Thursday, this time by his own lawyer arguing it proves mental illness led him to confess to a crime he never comm…
