Hundreds evacuated as northern California wildfires rage
(Reuters) – Hundreds of residents were forced to flee their homes on Sunday as wildfires raged through parts of drought-plagued northern California, officials said.
U.S. city and county pension funding up nearly 6 percent in 2013: report
(Reuters) – Funding levels for city and county pension plans rose almost 6 percent in 2013 from the previous year, according to a report released by Wilshire Consulting on Monday.
California man arrested after firing on ice cream truck, police
(Reuters) – A southern California man was arrested following a nine-hour standoff with police after he opened fire on an ice cream truck and later shot at officers, police said on Monday.
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…
