Food costs eating into consumers’ saving at the pump as holidays near
(Reuters) – Martha Franco says she hadn’t really noticed the sharp drop in gasoline prices, even though the mother of three is always shuttling the kids around in her SUV. She has been paying closer attention to the soaring cost of meat instead.
Two Americans freed by North Korea return to U.S. soil
TACOMA Washington (Reuters) – Two Americans freed from secretive North Korea stepped off a plane into the welcoming arms of family on Saturday after the surprise involvement of the top-ranking U.S. intelligence official who traveled to Pyongyang to bri…
Plane crash kills nine, including church leader, on Grand Bahama
NASSAU Bahamas (Reuters) – A private jet struck a construction crane on approach to Grand Bahama International Airport on Sunday and crashed, killing all nine people aboard, including the leader of the Bahamas Faith Ministries, police and civil aviatio…
Former long-time U.S. congressman Phil Crane dies at 84
(Reuters) – Phil Crane, 84, who served 35 years in the U.S. House of Representatives representing parts of the Chicago area, has died, his family said in an obituary it released on Sunday.
Long-awaited transit hub opening in lower Manhattan
(Reuters) – New York raised the curtain on its new $1.4 billion transit station in lower Manhattan on Sunday, a long-awaited connection between the World Trade Center site and the rest of the city more than 13 years after terrorist attacks ravaged the …
Coldest air of the season set to blast 42 U.S. states: forecasters
(Reuters) – The coldest air of the season is set to reach into some 42 states this week as an Arctic blast drops temperatures from the Canadian border down to the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters said.
U.S. officials hope new HealthCare.gov avoids last year’s problems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. officials planned to unveil an improved healthcare insurance website on Sunday they hope will allow the second enrollment period under President Barack Obama’s health reform plan to avoid the technical meltdown that plagued …
American Airlines attendants reject contract by 16 votes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – American Airlines Group Inc flight attendants narrowly rejected a joint labor contract on Sunday, in a defeat following the merger of American and the former US Airways last year that brought together a combined workforce of some 2…
Family donates 5-year-old victim’s heart, police vow justice
(Reuters) – The family of a 5-year-old Wisconsin girl killed in a shooting last week donated her heart to another child, police said.
Veteran of Afghan conflict dies in Los Angeles shooting
(Reuters) – A U.S. Army veteran who returned safely home to Los Angeles from Afghanistan several months ago was shot dead early Sunday after leaving a party hosted by his girlfriend, police said.
