Orbital Sciences’ unmanned rocket explodes on liftoff in Virginia: NASA
(Reuters) – An unmanned Antares rocket exploded seconds after liftoff from a commercial launch pad in Virginia on Tuesday, marking the first accident since NASA turned to private operators to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, but offici…
Obama defends U.S. Ebola guidelines, backs American volunteers in Africa
ATLANTA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the second of two nurses infected while treating an Ebola patient left an Atlanta hospital, President Barack Obama on Tuesday said policies adopted in the United States should not discourage Americans willing to fight …
Exclusive: DOT looks at Delta’s actions on Atlanta-area airport
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Transportation said on Tuesday it is looking into a complaint that Delta Airlines Inc used “unfair and deceptive practices” to block development of a second major airport near Atlanta.
Suspect in North Carolina courthouse shooting apprehended
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) – A man suspected of shooting and wounding two people in front of a courthouse on Tuesday in North Carolina has been apprehended, the local police chief said.
Suspicious cyber activity at White House detected, addressed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Suspicious cyber activity has been detected on the computer network used by the White House and measures have been taken to address it, a White House official disclosed on Tuesday.
U.S. files civil charges against NY drug treatment nonprofit following arrests
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Tuesday filed civil charges against a chain of substance abuse treatment centers in New York City over an alleged Medicaid kickback scheme, a week after the New York attorney general’s office indicted the fat…
Cyber breaches put 18.5 million Californians’ data at risk in 2013: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Cyber intrusions and other data breaches put the personal records of 18.5 million Californians, nearly half the state’s population, at risk in 2013, a seven-fold increase over the year before, the state attorney general reported…
U.S. boosts security at government buildings citing terrorist threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is increasing security at government buildings in Washington and other cities because of continuing terrorist threats and last week’s attack on the Canadian parliament, the Homeland Security Department said on T…
Molten lava from Hawaii volcano crosses onto residential property
KAILUA-KONA Hawaii (Reuters) – A menacing river of molten lava that bubbled over a road and overran a cemetery on its path toward a village on Hawaii’s Big Island crossed onto a residential property on Tuesday where it threatened to consume its first h…
U.S. Coast Guard searches off Miami for two missing Cuban migrants
MIAMI BEACH Fla. (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard searched on Tuesday for two missing Cuban rafters, a day after 11 others on their homemade vessel were plucked safely from the waters off Miami.
