U.S. flight woes linger after Chicago air traffic center fire
(Reuters) – U.S. airports reported hundreds of residual flight cancellations on Saturday, a day after an employee apparently set a Chicago-area air traffic control center on fire and tried to take his own life.
Woman accused of kidnapping daughter in 1994 extradited to U.S. from Australia
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – A woman accused of taking her baby daughter from the legal custody of her father in the United States 20 years ago has been extradited from Australia to face criminal charges in the United States, authorities said on Saturda…
Four members of women’s college softball team killed in Oklahoma bus crash
(Reuters) – Four members of a women’s college softball team were killed and a dozen other people were injured when a truck crashed into the players’ bus on an Oklahoma highway late on Friday, authorities said.
Oregon teen accused of bringing homemade bomb to school
(Reuters) – An Oregon teen has been detained on charges of bringing a homemade bomb to his high school and causing a campus evacuation on Friday, police said.
James Traficant of Ohio, former congressman and felon, is dead
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Former U.S. Representative James Traficant of Ohio, a brash, eccentric figure known for his bombastic speeches who went to prison for corruption, died on Saturday at age 73, his family attorney said.
Teens flee Tennessee detention facility, second breakout in month
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – Thirteen boys escaped from a problem-plagued Tennessee youth detention facility where 32 teens broke out earlier this month, authorities said on Saturday.
Suspect in Oklahoma beheading is formally arrested in hospital
(Reuters) – The Oklahoma man suspected of beheading a former co-worker at a food distribution warehouse last week, who was shot by another employee trying to thwart the attack, was placed under arrest in a hospital where he underwent surgery, authoriti…
Prospect of tighter White House security touches nerve in Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The prospect of more of the U.S. capital being closed off after an intruder got into the White House has struck a nerve in Washington over public space being eroded by barricades and bollards.
Hundreds of small earthquakes hit central California
(Reuters) – More than 500 small earthquakes struck a volcanic region in central California on Thursday and Friday, posing no immediate risk, federal environmental officials said.
Idaho trucker accused of ditching chicken load arrested
(Reuters) – Idaho authorities said on Friday the truck driver suspected of holding 37,000 pounds of frozen chicken for ransom before ditching the trailer and leaving the fowl to rot at a Montana truck stop has been arrested.
