Crews make headway against destructive Northern California wildfire
(Reuters) – Firefighters began to gain the upper hand on Monday against a Northern California wildfire that has destroyed 13 homes and blackened nearly six square miles in the drought-parched foothills east of Sacramento, officials said.
Slower U.S. healthcare cost rise extending life of Medicare fund: trustees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tamer spending at U.S. hospitals and expected savings from President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul are shoring up the funding outlook for the Medicare program for the elderly, trustees of the program said on Monday.
Man killed in Florida beach plane crash on wedding anniversary
(Reuters) – The U.S. Army sergeant killed by a plane that crashed on a Florida beach was there celebrating his ninth wedding anniversary with family and friends, according to one of his last Facebook postings.
Death of five in southern Maine ruled murder-suicide: police
(Reuters) – A man in the southern Maine city of Saco shot dead his wife and three children before turning the shotgun on himself, police said on Monday, calling the incident one of the worst cases of domestic violence in state history.
U.S. veterans deal to provide $17 billion to ease medical wait times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Leaders of the Veterans Affairs committees in the U.S. Congress said on Monday they had struck a rare compromise deal on legislation that provides about $17 billion in funding to ease long waiting times for VA medical centers.
Four Ethiopian athletes missing in U.S. after track meet
(Reuters) – Four members of an Ethiopian track team competing at an international event in Oregon were missing in what officials said on Monday might be an attempt to seek asylum or otherwise stay in the United States.
U.S. coastal flooding on the rise, government study finds
(Reuters) – Flooding is increasing in frequency along much of the U.S. coast, and the rate of increase is accelerating along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts, a team of federal government scientists found in a study released Monday.
Rare tornado touches down outside Boston, no deaths reported
BOSTON (Reuters) – Police and emergency crews in the city of Revere, Massachusetts, outside Boston scrambled to clean up after a rare tornado touched down on Monday, downing power lines, damaging homes and overturning at least one car.
Capsized kayakers penetrate New York airport perimeter
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two kayakers who got in over their heads in the waters off New York have put authorities at John F. Kennedy Airport on the defensive after flipping their boat and accidentally finding themselves in a restricted area of the airport….
September 11 museum allowed to display Ground Zero cross-shaped beam
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A cross-shaped steel beam pulled from the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center in New York days after the September 11, 2001, attacks can be displayed in the national memorial museum at the site, a U.S. appeals court ruled on…
