Man jumps White House fence, causes lockdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man jumped the White House fence on Wednesday and was attacked by Secret Service dogs, a Secret Service spokesman said.
UAW eyes bargaining rights at VW Tennessee plant within a year
DETROIT (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers hopes to be recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for workers at a Volkswagen AG assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee within a year, the union’s President Dennis Williams said on Wednesday.
Two dead in murder-suicide at Houston hospital: police say
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Two health workers died on Wednesday in an apparent murder-suicide at the out-patient pharmacy of a major Houston hospital, police said.
Six migrants detained for trying to sneak into U.S. in fuel tank
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Six immigrants from Mexico and Central America have been taken into custody on suspicion of trying to sneak into the United States by squeezing into an auxiliary fuel tank that was mounted in the bed of a pickup truck.
Washington state soldier pleads not guilty to murdering wife
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A U.S. soldier accused of shooting his wife to death as she sat working on a computer inside their home in Washington state pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a charge of first-degree murder.
U.S. tightens Ebola monitoring for West African visitors
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States imposed new constraints on Wednesday on people entering the country from three nations at the center of West Africa’s Ebola epidemic, mandating that they report their temperature daily and stay in touch with healt…
Man pleads guilty to killing Montana teacher in cocaine frenzy
(Reuters) – A Colorado man accused of killing a Montana teacher during a cocaine-fueled frenzy pleaded guilty to murder on Wednesday as part of a deal in which prosecutors will dismiss a kidnapping charge in the case, court documents showed.
Family of Dallas nurse Vinson says she no longer showing Ebola
(Reuters) – The family of Amber Vinson, one of two Dallas nurses infected with Ebola, said on Wednesday that tests by medical officials were no longer able to detect the virus in her body.
Critics of Dow herbicide ingredient sue U.S. EPA over approval
(Reuters) – A coalition of U.S. farmer and environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to overturn regulatory approval granted last week for a herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences.
Probe: Athletes took fake classes at University of North Carolina
RALEIGH N.C. (Reuters) – More than 3,000 students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received credit for fake classes over an 18-year period as part of a program that allowed many of them to remain eligible to play sports, according to …
