Boeing, SpaceX win contracts to build ‘space taxis’ for NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA will partner with Boeing and SpaceX to build commercially owned and operated “space taxis” to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, ending U.S. dependence on Russia for rides, officials said on Tu…
New York state denied federal funds for flagship bridge project
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. federal government has rejected most of a $511 million loan request for the renewal of New York state’s Tappan Zee Bridge, dealing a blow to one of governor Andrew Cuomo’s most prominent infrastructure projects just weeks …
Tony Stewart fatal dirt-track incident to be heard by grand jury
(Reuters) – The case of a fatal dirt-track incident involving three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart in upstate New York last month will be referred to a grand jury, authorities said on Tuesday.
Scottish independence vote cheers supporters of Texas secession
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The upcoming vote to decide whether Scotland should be independent of the United Kingdom has bolstered those campaigning to split the state of Texas from the United States.
Tropical Storm Polo to strengthen to hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific Coast
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Polo is forecast to become a hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific Coast on Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, just days after a severe storm battered the Baja California peninsula.
Wildfire rips through 150 homes in Northern California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Fire crews in California battled on Tuesday to halt the advance of a day-old wildfire that has already destroyed about 150 homes, lapped at rural schools and caused power outages that left an evacuation shelter without electrici…
Lifeguard in pickup truck runs over sunbather at California’s Venice beach
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A lifeguard in a pickup truck accidentally ran over a 25-year-old sunbather at Southern California’s Venice Beach, a popular destination for tourists, leaving the woman with fractures and damage to her internal organs, police sa…
Los Angeles electricity use hits record amid heat wave
(Reuters) – The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) urged customers to conserve electricity on Tuesday after customers the day before used record amounts of power for air conditioning to obtain relief from a heat wave.
Georgia man sentenced to 20 years in 2013 school shooting
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A man who fired an AK-47 in a suburban Atlanta elementary school in 2013 before a school clerk convinced him to put his gun down and turn himself in pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday.
Connecticut transgender girl flees program after contested incarceration
(Reuters) – A transgender 16-year-old girl whose case stirred protests when she was detained without charges at a Connecticut adult prison, escaped from a private treatment facility on Tuesday, state officials said.
