Bostonians want a vote on city’s bid to host 2024 Olympics: poll
BOSTON (Reuters) – Three-quarters of Boston-area residents say that they should get a chance to vote on a planned bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games, according to a poll released on Tuesday.
U.S. tributes, protests mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tributes to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. were held across the United States on Monday, with observers linking the federal holiday to a rallying cry in recent protests over police brutality: “Black lives matter.”
Pipeline expected to remain closed after oil spill in Montana
(Reuters) – A small but heavily subscribed pipeline that transports 42,000 barrels a day of crude oil from North Dakota’s Bakken region is expected to remain closed on Tuesday after a weekend breach that spilled 1,200 barrels of crude into the Yellowst…
Two-year-old Kentucky boy killed by train while walking with dog
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – A two-year-old boy was struck and killed by a train on Monday while he was walking with a dog along railroad tracks in southwestern Kentucky, police said.
FAA probing near miss between planes at New York airport
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday that it was investigating whether an air traffic control problem caused a near miss between two planes in New York over the weekend.
Tributes, protests mark U.S. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tributes to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. were held nationwide on Monday as protests over the treatment of minorities by law enforcement rolled on across the country.
Oil spills in Montana’s Yellowstone River after pipeline leak
(Reuters) – Bridger Pipeline LLC said on Monday it has shut the 42,000 barrel per day Poplar pipeline system after a weekend breach that sent as much as 1,200 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River near Glendive, Montana.
Former ‘enemy combatant’ back in Qatar after release from U.S. prison
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A Qatari man declared an enemy combatant following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and imprisoned as an al Qaeda operative has been freed from a U.S. prison and is back in Qatar, his lawyer said on Sunday.
Icy roads lead to crashes, five deaths in U.S. Northeast
(Reuters) – Five people were killed and others injured in crashes on icy roads in Pennsylvania and Connecticut on Sunday, authorities said.
Icy roads lead to crashes, four deaths in U.S. Northeast
(Reuters) – Four people were killed and others injured in crashes on icy roads in Pennsylvania and Connecticut on Sunday morning, authorities said.
