Wall collapse at Chicago Morton Salt facility sends salt spilling
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A wall of the Morton Salt building on Chicago’s North Side collapsed on Tuesday afternoon, spilling hundreds of pounds of salt onto cars of an adjacent Acura dealership.
Woman shot, killed at Walmart in Idaho by two-year-old son
(Reuters) – A woman was accidentally shot and killed at a Walmart store in northern Idaho on Tuesday when her 2-year-old son pulled a loaded handgun from her purse that then went off, a county sheriff said.
Effort to kill California’s ban on plastic grocery bags moves forward
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – An effort to kill California’s first-in-the-nation state ban on single-use plastic grocery bags advanced this week after bag makers spent several million dollars on a campaign to gather signatures for a proposed ballot in…
Harvard to change sexual assault policies after federal investigation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Harvard University has agreed to make changes to its sexual assault policies and review some cases after an investigation found its law school had handled victim complaints poorly, the U.S. Department of Education said on Tuesday…
Victims of Fort Hood shooting in Texas seek ‘terrorism’ declaration
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Lawyers for 40 military personnel and civilians killed or wounded in an attack at the Fort Hood military post in Texas by a former Army psychologist filed a petition on Tuesday with the Pentagon asking the incident be declared a…
Washington, D.C. CFO cuts revenue forecast for fiscal 2015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief financial officer of Washington, D.C. cut his projections for the district’s revenue this fiscal year by $83.4 million, in a report released on Tuesday.
Baby found starved to death in Florida, parents charged with murder: police
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – The parents of a 22-day-old baby found starved to death in Florida have been charged with first-degree murder, police said on Tuesday, accusing them of neglecting the suffering infant.
Four killed in apparent murder-suicide in Texas home: police
DALLAS (Reuters) – A woman and her two teenage daughters found dead inside a suburban Fort Worth home on Sunday were likely killed by the woman’s former boyfriend, who then took his own life, police said on Tuesday.
New York chokehold prosecutor eyes run for Grimm’s seat in Congress
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York City prosecutor at the heart of the controversy over a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white policeman in the chokehold death of a black man said on Tuesday that he may run for the congressional seat being vacate…
Pom Wonderful wins trademark ruling over rival pomegranate drink
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court said on Tuesday the pomegranate juice maker Pom Wonderful LLC may try to stop a rival from selling a pomegranate-flavored energy drink labeled “pŏm,” in a reversal of a lower court ruling in the trademark lawsuit.
