Flooding could follow heavy snow in western New York
BUFFALO (Reuters) – Emergency workers filled thousands of sandbags on Sunday as the area around Buffalo, New York braced for potential flooding as warming temperatures began to melt up to seven feet (2 meters) of snow.
Seattle councillors to vote on funding Internet access at homeless camps
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The Seattle City Council was expected to vote Monday on a measure that would fund Internet access at the city’s homeless camps.
Two U.S. soldiers killed in bomb attack in Afghan capital: sources
KABUL (Reuters) – Two U.S. soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by a bomb in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, officials and sources said.
Cleveland boy with pellet gun dies after police shoot him
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A 12-year-old boy who was shot by police after he brandished a pellet gun at a Cleveland recreation center died on Sunday from his injuries, officials said.
Anxious Ferguson waits for grand jury’s decision
FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) – After a fourth straight night of low-level protests in Ferguson, Missouri, anxious residents still did not know on Sunday when a grand jury would return a decision on whether to charge a white policeman who shot an unarmed bla…
U.S. Army base in Texas lifts lockdown after suspicious vehicle found
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A brief lockdown at a U.S Army base in San Antonio was lifted after officials detained a man on Sunday in what a military spokesman described as a “high-security incident,” while adding there was no threat.
Crews rescue two women in Chicago apartment collapse
(Reuters) – Search-and-rescue crews pulled two women and a dog from the rubble of a collapsed Chicago apartment building on Sunday night and were searching for more victims, fire officials said.
Florida gunman aimed to kill as many officers as he could, police say
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida gunman who gunned down a sheriff’s deputy and wounded another this weekend before being killed in a wild exchange of fire with police wanted to take down as many law-enforcement officers as possible, authorities said on Sunday.
Cleveland boy with pellet gun dies after police shoot him
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A 12-year-old boy who was shot by police after he brandished a pellet gun at a Cleveland recreation center died on Sunday from his injuries, officials said.
Man hunting geese in New Jersey accidentally kills himself: police
(Reuters) – A man hunting geese with his father in New Jersey shot and killed himself in what police said Sunday appeared to be an accident.
