With U.S. Ebola fear running high, African immigrants face ostracism
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Plenary Walsh team to rebuild hundreds of Pennsylvania bridges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pennsylvania, with more bad bridges than any other U.S. state, said on Friday it selected Plenary Walsh Keystone Partners’ $899 million proposal to replace 558 structurally deficient bridges.
Man in custody in toppling of Ten Commandments at Oklahoma capitol
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A man was taken into custody on Friday on suspicion of knocking over a Ten Commandments monument with a car on the grounds of the Oklahoma statehouse and then fleeing the scene, law enforcement officials said on Friday.
Stolen vehicle plows into Ohio bar, injures 13
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Thirteen people were injured late Thursday after a high-speed police chase ended with a stolen truck crashing through the front of a bar in a western suburb of Cleveland, police said.
As Ebola hits, New Yorkers maintain wary calm
NEW YORK (Reuters) – News of New York’s first case of Ebola was met with worry and even anger on Friday, but for this city of eight million residents, seasoned by everything from terror attacks to superstorms, there was no sign of panic.
Stolen vehicle plows into Ohio bar, injures 13
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Thirteen people were injured late Thursday after a high-speed police chase ended with a stolen truck crashing through the front of a bar in a western suburb of Cleveland, police said.
U.S. House panel to meet with safety regulators about Takata air bags next week
WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – The U.S. House committee looking into the defective air bags made by Japanese supplier Takata Corp will hold an initial briefing with U.S. safety regulators next week to learn the details of the regional recalls affecting…
U.S. nurse who had Ebola is virus free: health officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Dallas nurse who contracted Ebola is now free of the virus, U.S. health officials said on Friday.
Small airplane and helicopter collide in Maryland, three killed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three people were killed and two taken to hospital after a small airplane and a helicopter crashed into each other on Thursday near an airport in Frederick, Maryland, authorities said.
Police in Ferguson committed human rights abuses: Amnesty report
(Reuters) – Police in Ferguson, Missouri, committed human rights abuses as they sought to quell mostly peaceful protests that erupted after an officer killed an unarmed black teenager, an international human rights organization said in a report release…