‘Pineapple Express’ douses U.S. West Coast; Boston braces for more snow
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A new band of Pacific storms was headed toward the U.S. West Coast on Saturday, bringing more rain to drought-stricken California, while a different storm system threatened the Northeast with more snow and cold, forecasters said.
John Whitehead, former leader of Goldman Sachs, dies at 92
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – John Whitehead, a former senior partner and co-chairman of Goldman Sachs who helped make it a top-tier Wall Street firm and led its international expansion, has died, the investment bank said on Saturday. He was 92.
New York man sentenced to 30 years in Home Depot bomb plot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Home Depot employee was sentenced to more than 30 years in federal prison for threatening to set off pipe bombs in some of the chain’s suburban New York stores in an attempt to extort money from the retailer, his trial att…
Powerball players eye jackpot estimated at $380 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – One of the richest Powerball jackpots ever offered is up for grabs on Saturday, with the multi-state lottery’s grand prize reaching an estimated $380 million after the previous drawing failed to produce a winner.
Colorado lawmakers vote down assisted suicide bill
DENVER (Reuters) – After 10 hours of emotional testimony and debate, Colorado lawmakers late on Friday voted down a proposed assisted-suicide law that would have allowed terminally-ill patients to end their lives with prescription drugs.
U.S. charges six with supporting Islamic militant groups: Justice Department
(Reuters) – Six people have been charged with providing money and equipment including U.S. military uniforms to foreign fighters joining al Qaeda, Nusra Front and Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.
Oregon judge: taking photos up girl’s skirt not illegal
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – An Oregon judge has acquitted a 61-year-old man who admitted taking photographs up the skirt of a 13-year-old girl as she shopped at a Target store in suburban Portland, lawyers in the case said Friday. 
U.S. Navy takes action to address wiring, fuel line issues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy on Friday announced further actions to fix wiring and fuel line problems on its CH-53E and MH-53E heavy-lift helicopters that caused a deadly crash in January 2014, including a temporary ban on in-flight fuel transf…
Heroics of engineer recounted after deadly New York train crash
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (Reuters) – The engineer of a New York commuter train that plowed into a vehicle this week at a suburban rail crossing picked up an injured passenger and carried him off the train as it became engulfed in flames, federal investigators s…
Measles outbreak spurs new action in California, New Mexico
(Reuters) – Students at all 10 campuses of the University of California will be required to be screened for tuberculosis and vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella and other diseases under a new health plan set to take effect in 2017, the university sa…
