Four burned in explosion at Arizona pet food factory
(Reuters) – Four contractors were burned on Sunday in an explosion at an Arizona pet food factory, a fire department official said.
U.S. Navy identifies pilot presumed dead in Pacific Ocean crash
(Reuters) – The U.S. Navy on Sunday identified a fighter jet pilot who is presumed dead following a mid-air collision with another jet over the western Pacific Ocean.
Crews gain ground as California wildfire threatens hundreds of homes
(Reuters) – Firefighters were making slow progress on Sunday in a battle to contain a wildfire that has roared through 1,600 acres of drought-stricken forest southeast of Los Angeles and displaced hundreds of people from their homes, the U.S. Forest Se…
Carolina Panthers sidelines Hardy as pressure builds on NFL
(Reuters) – The NFL’s Carolina Panthers deactivated defensive end Greg Hardy for Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions, according to the team’s website, in a reversal of an earlier decision to let him play while he appeals a domestic violence convict…
Police search three states for suspect in Pennsylvania police ambush
(Reuters) – Police pushed ahead on Sunday with a massive manhunt in three states for a gunman who ambushed two Pennsylvania state troopers two days ago, shooting to death one of them and injuring the other.
Obama ‘shocked’ by Ray Rice video, supports NFL suspension, aide says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama was shocked by the video showing Ray Rice knocking out his then-fiancee and the White House believes the NFL’s indefinite suspension of the former Baltimore Ravens star is appropriate, his chief of staff sa…
Liberal Vermont Senator Sanders may seek U.S. presidency in 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bernie Sanders, one of the Senate’s leading liberals, said on Sunday he is thinking about running for U.S. president in 2016 as either a Democrat or an independent in a move that could complicate Hillary Clinton’s path to the Whi…
North Korea sentences U.S. citizen Matthew Miller to six years hard labor
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea sentenced U.S. citizen Matthew Todd Miller to six years hard labor for committing “hostile acts” as a tourist to the country, a statement carried by state media said on Sunday, as the United States requested his immediate …
Islamic State attracts female jihadis from U.S. heartland
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – U.S. law enforcement is investigating a new phenomenon of women from the American heartland joining Islamic State as President Barack Obama vows to cut off the militants’ recruiting at home.
‘Dolphin Tale’ hero’s new home tangled in aquarium politics
CLEARWATER Fla. (Reuters) – The family-friendly hit “Dolphin Tale,” whose sequel opened in theaters this weekend, tells the true story of a dolphin who learns to swim without a tail. The movie ends with Winter, the tail-less dolphin, helping save the s…
