Wisconsin ice rink closed after gas leak sickens more than 80 people
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – An ice rink in a central Wisconsin town was closed on Monday after at least 81 people at a weekend minor league hockey game were sickened by a gas leak thought to have been caused by faulty ice resurfacing machines, authorities sa…
The greenest goodbye: Seattle group wants to compost the dead
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Ashes to ashes, dust to dust – and corpses to crops?
Construction work cuts power to State Department: utility
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nearby construction work cut power to the U.S. State Department on Monday, disrupting Internet and telephone services.
Guantanamo 9/11 hearing canceled, Army spokesman says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Court officials canceled a two-day pretrial hearing for suspects in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Monday at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a U.S. Army spokesman said.
Cosby praises wife, disparages media in newspaper interview
(Reuters) – Comedian Bill Cosby, besieged by a wave of sexual misconduct allegations, has praised his wife for supporting him and criticized the media for its coverage of a scandal that has already compromised his career.
Pilot dies in crash of small plane in rural Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) – The pilot of a small plane died in a crash in rural Virginia west of Washington, D.C., on Sunday, police said.
Ohio police union slams football star for protest of black boy’s shooting
(Reuters) – A police union in Ohio criticized football player Andrew Hawkins for wearing a shirt protesting the fatal police shooting in November of a 12-year-old African-American boy who was carrying a pellet gun, the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper …
Oregon police arrest second man believed involved in Portland school shooting
(Reuters) – Police in Oregon have arrested a teen believed to have been involved in a shooting outside an Oregon high school that wounded four people, including three teenagers, officials said on Sunday.
Connecticut town marks second anniversary of school massacre
NEWTOWN, Conn. (Reuters) – Residents of Newtown, Connecticut gathered at a somber prayer service on Sunday to remember the 20 young children and six educators killed by a gunman two years ago in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.
Cosby praises wife, disparages media in newspaper interview
(Reuters) – Comedian Bill Cosby, besieged by a wave of sexual misconduct allegations, has praised his wife for supporting him and criticized the media for its coverage of a scandal that has already compromised his career.
