New Jersey apartment fire displaces hundreds
(Reuters) – Hundreds of residents were displaced from their homes after a massive fire ripped through a New Jersey apartment complex, officials said, but no serious injuries were reported.
St. Louis officers shoot, kill armed teen: police
(Reuters) – Police officers shot dead a teenager armed with a handgun after he got out of a stolen car in St. Louis on Wednesday night, their force said.
California governor and university chief to hash out tuition spat
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The governor and the powerful University of California chief will hash out their differences over tuition hikes and state funding in an unusual two-person advisory committee, a panel of the university’s governing board has decid…
New Jersey governor to hire emergency manager for Atlantic City: WSJ
(Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will install an emergency manager in Atlantic City to assume control of the struggling gambling hub, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
New Jersey governor to hire emergency manager for Atlantic City: WSJ
(Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will install an emergency manager in Atlantic City to assume control of the struggling gambling hub, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Subway accident probe faults D.C.’s Metrorail ventilation system
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s top safety investigator said on Wednesday irregularities were found in the ventilation system of Washington’s subway after smoke filled a tunnel and two rail cars last week, killing one passenger and injuring scores.
Gates foundation sees huge gains against disease, poverty by 2030
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Worldwide child deaths will be halved over the next 15 years, polio, guinea worm and river blindness will be eradicated, and there will be a single-dose cure for malaria.
Town votes to demolish Sandy Hook killer’s Connecticut home
NEWTOWN, Conn. (Reuters) – The town council of Newtown, Connecticut, voted unanimously on Wednesday to demolish the home of a 20-year-old man who killed 26 children and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 in one of the deadliest school shooti…
After defiant speech, Obama plugs tech jobs in Republican heartland
BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) – A day after delivering a defiant State of the Union speech to the Republican-led U.S. Congress, President Barack Obama headed to the conservative heartland on Wednesday to promote his plans for bolstering the middle class.
Washington state attorney general seeks to raise smoking age to 21
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Washington state could become the only U.S. state to raise its legal age for smoking tobacco to 21 from 18 under a measure proposed on Wednesday by its top law enforcement official.
