Three injured, two critically, in shooting at Chicago train station
(Reuters) – Three people were injured, two of them critically, after a gunman opened fire in a Chicago train station on Wednesday night, police said.
Four shot, one fatally, in downtown St. Louis
(Reuters) – A shooting at a downtown St. Louis convenience store on Wednesday left one person dead and three others badly wounded, police said.
Shooter kills man in Louisiana mall on Christmas Eve
(Reuters) – A gunman opened fire inside a New Orleans-area mall still busy with shoppers on Christmas eve, killing a man before he was taken into custody, police said on Wednesday.
Santa’s global flight under way, ‘All systems go’: U.S. military official
DENVER (Reuters) – Santa Claus has embarked on his annual Christmas Eve mission to deliver presents to millions of children after a smooth take-off from his North Pole base, at least according to U.S. military officials who track his reindeer-powered s…
White Christmas expected in parts of U.S., rain elsewhere
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Fresh snowfall was expected to bring a white Christmas to parts of the U.S. West, Midwest and the Appalachian Mountains, while other regions of the country would slog through rain and fog, the National Weather Service said on Wednes…
U.S. South menaced by storms as Mississippi cleans up from tornadoes
JACKSON, Miss. (Reuters) – Severe thunderstorms menaced the U.S. Southeast on Wednesday, with a small tornado and flooding reported in parts of North Carolina, while emergency workers in Mississippi surveyed damage from tornadoes that killed at least f…
Police officer kills armed black man near Ferguson, Missouri
(Reuters) – A white policeman shot dead a black man brandishing a gun at a suburban St. Louis gasoline station overnight, police said on Wednesday, igniting violence reminiscent of riots over the police killing of an unarmed black teenager in nearby Fe…
Firefighters targeted in drive-by shooting in north Florida
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – A firefighter was grazed in the arm during a drive-by shooting behind a north Florida fire station on Tuesday evening, police said.
Santa’s global flight under way, ‘All systems go’: U.S. military official
DENVER (Reuters) – Santa Claus has embarked on his annual Christmas Eve mission to deliver presents to millions of children after a smooth take-off from his North Pole base, at least according to U.S. military officials who track his reindeer-powered s…
Former President Bush, 90, hospitalized for shortness of breath
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, 90, was hospitalized in Houston, Texas, late on Tuesday after experiencing shortness of breath, a spokesman for the 41st commander-in-chief said in a statement.
