Seismic series prompts Dallas suburb to examine emergency plans
DALLAS (Reuters) – Seismologists installed more earthquake-monitoring devices in the Dallas suburb of Irving on Thursday as officials examined contingency plans after a series of temblors raised concerns for the area near the former Dallas Cowboys foot…
Bondholder sues bankrupt San Bernardino for favoring Calpers
(Reuters) – A corporation that holds $50 million of San Bernardino’s pension bonds sued the city on Wednesday for giving preferential treatment to California’s public pension system as San Bernardino navigates a third year in bankruptcy.
Grand jury urges charges against Pennsylvania attorney general: Philadelphia Inquirer
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A grand jury has recommended criminal charges against Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, who is accused of leaking information to a newspaper in an effort to embarrass political enemies, the Philadelphia Inquirer r…
Obama proposes two years of free community college
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would offer a proposal in his State of the Union speech that would make two years of community college free for anyone willing to work for it.
Authorities look for motive behind NAACP bombing in Colorado
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado and federal authorities were trying to find the motive on Thursday for a homemade bomb planted behind NAACP offices in Colorado Springs, saying that they had not yet determined if it was a hate crime or an act of domestic te…
Florida girl, five, dies after being thrown off bridge by father: police
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida man with a troubled past was charged with murder after throwing his 5-year-old daughter over a bridge into Tampa Bay on Thursday, just hours after police questioned his bizarre behavior but found no grounds to detain h…
New Ten Commandments monument set up at Oklahoma statehouse
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A new Ten Commandments monument was installed on Oklahoma state capitol grounds on Thursday to replace a previous one that was destroyed when a man drove his car into it.
Record-breaking cold closes U.S. schools, sends penguins inside
(Reuters) – Record-breaking cold that gripped the U.S. East and Midwest on Thursday snarled travel, shut schools, filled homeless shelters and even led to zoo penguins being ordered inside.
South Dakota standoff ends with suspect’s surrender
(Reuters) – An armed man who shot a state trooper and barricaded himself in a southeastern South Dakota house on Wednesday has surrendered to authorities, authorities said on Thursday.
Saudi man ordered to leave U.S. over Texas army base incident
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A Saudi national who prompted a four-hour lockdown at a U.S. Army post in Texas in November when he claimed to have a bomb in his car pleaded guilty to two federal charges on Thursday and agreed to leave the country in a deal to…
