Fire burning at Pennsylvania memorial for 9/11 victims: official
(Reuters) – A major fire broke out on Friday at the Flight 93 National Memorial’s headquarters complex in Pennsylvania, causing no reported injuries but extensive damage near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, crash of a hijacked airliner.
FBI assisting search for Saudi college student missing from California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The FBI has joined the search for a college student from Saudi Arabia who went missing from his Southern California home last month and has not been seen since, a spokeswoman for the agency said on Friday.
Colorado school board decision to review curriculum draws fire
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado school board’s vote to review advanced placement curriculum in the state’s second-largest district drew more criticism on Friday, despite removing wording from a proposal that triggered student walkouts and teacher sick-ou…
U.S. defends Ebola response, about 50 under observation
DALLAS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials on Friday broadly defended the response to the country’s first case of Ebola, although one acknowledged that while the government was confident of containing the virus, it had been “rocky” in Dallas where th…
New investigation in Florida woman’s 2010 fatal shooting
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Florida authorities opened a new investigation into the 2010 death of a woman whose shooting was ruled a suicide, her family’s attorneys said on Friday, after questions were raised about the local police department’s handling of …
Report details four seconds of horror in deadly crash at Florida daycare
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – The driver of a car that crashed through a Florida daycare center and killed a 4-year-old girl in April mistakenly accelerated instead of braking after he was rear-ended, according a report on the crash released this week.
Missouri must recognize same-sex marriages from other areas: judge
KANSAS CITY Mo. (Reuters) – Missouri must recognize the marriages of same-sex couples who have wed legally in other places, a state court judge ruled on Friday in the latest case to address gay rights in the United States.
Suspected South Carolina child murderer earlier accused of domestic violence
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – A South Carolina man charged with murdering his five children last month before driving their bodies across several states and dumping them in Alabama was accused more than two years ago of domestic violence, police records …
Pennsylvania police find supplies left in woods by ambush suspect
(Reuters) – A survivalist suspected of killing a Pennsylvania trooper and wounding another three weeks ago is living on cans of tuna fish and noodles while eluding an intensive manhunt in the deep woods of the Pocono Mountains, officials said on Friday…
New data emerges on rape kit backlogs in four U.S. cities
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thousands of rape kits remain untested in four major U.S. cities, according to new data on rape kit backlogs released on Friday by the Joyful Heart Foundation.
