Alaska wildfire burns 250 square miles, 1,000 buildings evacuated
(Reuters) – A spreading Alaskan wildfire has forced the evacuation of about 1,000 buildings but firefighters have gained ground by containing about 30 percent of the wind-driven blaze, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said on Monday.
Search underway for three men missing after Colorado mudslide
DENVER (Reuters) – Search and rescue crews were looking for three men on Monday who have been missing since a four-mile-long (6-km) mudslide ripped through a remote area near the Grand Mesa National Forest in western Colorado the day before.
Police defend actions following California college town killings
SANTA BARBARA Calif. (Reuters) – Police in the California community where a man killed six college students said on Monday they had no grounds to search the 22-year-old suspect’s home when they met with him in April over a report that he had posted dis…
Bus-car collision in New Jersey kills two, injures 12
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A commuter bus collided head-on with a car on Monday in the New Jersey town of Pleasantville, killing two people and injuring a dozen more, police said.
Memorial Day observances reflect story of abused Union orphans
GETTYSBURG Pa. (Reuters) – School children scattered flowers on war veterans’ graves at Soldier’s National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on Monday in a 147-year-old Memorial Day tradition started by orphans of dead Union soldiers.
American doctor shot dead in Pakistan in suspected sectarian attack
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – An American volunteer cardiologist was shot dead in Pakistan on Monday, a member of his minority Ahmadi community said, in the latest attack on a group that says it is Muslim but whose religion is rejected by the state.
Tea Party appears poised for big victories in Texas run-offs
DALLAS TX (Reuters) – Texas conservatives are hoping to win two major Republican run-off elections on Tuesday, for lieutenant governor and attorney general, underscoring the Tea Party’s enduring influence in the state.
With nod to veterans’ scandal, Obama pays Memorial Day tribute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama paid tribute on Monday to fallen U.S. military men and women during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery that highlighted a veterans’ care scandal that has engulfed his presidency in recen…
American doctor shot dead in Pakistan in suspected sectarian attack
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – An American volunteer cardiologist was shot dead in Pakistan on Monday, a member of his minority Ahmadi community said, in the latest attack on a group that says it is Muslim but whose religion is rejected by the state.
Tea Party appears poised for big victories in Texas run-offs
DALLAS, TX (Reuters) – Texas conservatives are hoping to win two major Republican run-off elections on Tuesday, for lieutenant governor and attorney general, underscoring the Tea Party’s enduring influence in the state.
