Explosion injures five Memphis utility workers, three critically
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – An explosion injured five Memphis utility workers, three of them critically, on Tuesday while they were working on an underground gas line, fire officials said.
Vote tally too close, recount ordered on Oregon GMO labeling
(Reuters) – The final vote tally on an Oregon ballot measure that would require labeling of foods made with genetically modified ingredients was so close that state officials are doing a recount, a spokesman for the state said on Tuesday.
FBI raids Puerto Rico sewer authority PRASA
NEW YORK/SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation launched a surprise raid at Puerto Rico’s Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) on Tuesday in a probe the head of the commonwealth agency said was focused on a single ca…
Two Minneapolis men charged with conspiring to support Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged two Minnesota men with supporting Islamic State, the militant group that has captured swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq and carried out gruesome executions of civilians and foreigners.
Independent investigator named for alleged UVA frat gang rape
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – An independent investigator will examine allegations of a 2012 gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house that was described in harrowing detail in Rolling Stone magazine, the state’s attorney general said on Tuesd…
Ex-NFL defensive back charged with domestic assault in Virginia
(Reuters) – Former Washington Redskins defensive back Fred Smoot has been charged with domestic assault following an altercation at a suburban Washington home, police said Tuesday.
U.S. justices to consider police conduct in arrest of disabled woman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider whether police officers were required under federal law to accommodate a violent woman’s mental disability during an incident in San Francisco that led to her being shot multip…
Turkey and all the drippings: rain, snow may snarl U.S. holiday travel
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Treacherous weather predicted for the day before Thanksgiving prompted some of the 46.3 million Americans expected to travel this holiday weekend, the year’s busiest, to bump their flight and driving plans up to Tuesday.
New U.S. exhibit puts visitor in midst of World War Two
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A national museum commemorating the American experience of World War Two will open a new exhibit next month aimed at bringing the sounds and sensations of the conflict to new generations.
Supreme court to weigh challenge to Obama mercury air pollution rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to weigh a challenge by industry groups and some states to an Obama administration regulation intended to limit emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants mainly from coal-fired p…
