Mayor of Toledo, Ohio, lifts ban on drinking tap water
TOLEDO Ohio (Reuters) – A ban on drinking tap water in Toledo was lifted early Monday after tests showed that toxins were no longer at dangerous levels from algae on Lake Erie, the mayor’s office said.
Police to charge Guatemalan man in Boston body-in-box case
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Guatemalan man will be charged on Monday with lying to Massachusetts police investigating human remains found in a cardboard box outside Boston last month, officials said.
All-clear given after security alerts at White House, U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police responded to two security incidents on Monday – both of which proved to be false alarms – as Washington, D.C., hosted a summit gathering nearly 50 African leaders.
U.S. chicken farmers latest caught in Russia sanction crosshairs
(Reuters) – Russia’s threatened ban on U.S. poultry imports, the latest move in a sanctions skirmish over Moscow’s support of rebels in Ukraine, has agriculture companies alert to the risks of a conflict that’s already roiled trading of crops ranging f…
U.S. Air Force Academy to probe reports of rape, drug use
DENVER (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force Academy’s superintendent ordered an investigation into the school’s athletic programs on Sunday amid reports of sexual assaults, drug use and academic cheating, primarily among football players at the elite institu…
Florida to begin redrawing unconstitutional congressional maps on Thursday
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – Florida legislative leaders said on Sunday they plan to call a special session on Thursday after a judge ordered them to redraw the state’s U.S. congressional maps and held open the possibility of delaying general elections…
Tropical storm Bertha strengthens as it moves away from the Bahamas: NHC
(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Bertha, the second named storm of the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season, is strengthening quickly as it moves away from the Bahamas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday.
Washington woman arrested on murder charges in death of toddler
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Washington state woman was arrested on Sunday on murder charges after her two-year-old daughter was found dead and her teenage daughter badly hurt in an Oregon resort hotel, officials said.
Second Maryland concertgoer dies of suspected overdose
(Reuters) – A second person has died of a suspected drug overdose following a Maryland pop and dance music festival that left another dead and more than a dozen hospitalized with drug-related illnesses, police said on Sunday.
Some 400,000 in Ohio without drinking water, tests show lower toxin levels
TOLEDO Ohio (Reuters) – Health authorities tested water for toxins in Toledo, Ohio, on Sunday as some 400,000 people remained without safe drinking water for a second day following the discovery of high toxin levels from algae on Lake Erie.
