Pentagon opts to upgrade current LCS ship design
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday approved the U.S. Navy’s plan to meet its requirement for 52 small warships by upgrading the coastal warships designed by Lockheed Martin Corp and Australia’s Austal, instead of star…
Man pleads guilty to making threats to Newtown residents after school shootings
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – A man pleaded guilty on Thursday to making more than 90 threatening phone calls to residents of Newtown, Connecticut, two days after a gunman shot to death 26 children and adults there in one of the worst school massacres in U.S. history.
Fire in parking garage of Dallas high-rise kills three workers
DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) – Three workers were killed when an electrical fire broke out in the parking garage of a Dallas skyscraper on Thursday, forcing about 2,800 people to evacuate, fire officials said.
Chicago cop to be disciplined for playing ‘Alabama’ song at protest
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago police said on Thursday that the officer who blasted the song “Sweet Home Alabama” out of his squad car last weekend during a racial equality march will be disciplined.
At least seven injured after Kansas rail car explosion
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) – Seven people were taken to local hospitals after an explosion inside a rail car repair building in rural Kansas on Thursday afternoon, according to a company spokesman.
Final proposals submitted for Obama presidential library
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Barack Obama Foundation received final proposals on Thursday from four universities to host the U.S. president’s future library, the foundation said.
Convicted money manager to stars avoids repeat trip to U.S. prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former money manager to Hollywood stars who served prison time for operating a $10 million investment fraud avoided another trip to the slammer Thursday, even as a Manhattan federal judge said she was “deeply troubled” by his lat…
Food poisoning sickens dozens at Florida office party
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Dozens of people attending an office holiday party in central Florida fell violently ill from apparent food poisoning, authorities said on Thursday.
Major storm knocks out power, disrupts flights in California
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Pacific storm pummeled drought-parched northern and central California on Thursday with heavy rain and high winds, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, disrupting flights, washing out roads and prompting school …
California father of missing family arrested after standoff
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A Los Angeles area father sought by police in the disappearance of his wife and four sons was arrested on Thursday after a tense standoff with police on a freeway overpass east of San Diego, and his sons were safely rescued, police said.
