Major earthquake hits off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) – A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck deep under the ocean floor near Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, triggering shaking felt over vast distances and setting off a small tsunami, the National Tsunami Warning Center said.
Crowded rails in U.S. coal country throw miners, utilities out of gear
(Reuters) – Coal miners and power companies are both suffering as railroads struggle to clear a backlog of coal stuck in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana after the harshest winter in over a decade.
Even as U.S. economic opportunity falls, study finds broader gains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Economic opportunity has dropped in the United States over the past 40 years, but a broader gauge of opportunity incorporating crime, education and healthcare has been on the rise, according to a study released on Tuesday.
California’s top court says Target not required to carry in-store defibrillators
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – California’s top court on Monday unanimously ruled that large retailers are not required to provide automated external defibrillators (AEDs) inside their stores, deciding in favor of Target Corp in a wrongful death lawsuit brough…
U.S. judge approves $135.7 million sale of Brookstone to investor consortium
(Reuters) – Retailer Brookstone Inc [TEMSHB.UL] announced on Monday that a federal bankruptcy court judge in Delaware has approved its sale to a consortium of Chinese investors that will run its 240 stores after exiting bankruptcy.
Review finds ‘inexplicable delays’ in Pennsylvania’s handling of Sandusky case
HARRISBURG Penn. (Reuters) – A highly anticipated review of the child sex abuse case against Jerry Sandusky released on Monday found delays in prosecuting the former Penn State football coach but no evidence of political interference by Pennsylvania Go…
Clippers owner Sterling says misled into taking mental exam: lawyers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Attorneys for Donald Sterling told a probate court judge on Monday that the Los Angeles Clippers co-owner had been duped into taking medical examinations that determined he lacked the mental capacity to have a say in the $2 bill…
F-35A fighter jet flights suspended after fire at U.S. air base
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force on Monday temporarily halted flights at a Florida air base of 26 F-35A fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp after a jet caught fire as it was preparing to take off for a training flight, a Pentagon spokes…
Suspect in Seattle shooting spree to mount insanity defense
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A man charged with opening fire with a shotgun at a small Christian college in Seattle, killing a student, intends to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, his lawyer said at a court appearance by the suspect on Monday.
Mormon church excommunicates prominent U.S. activist Kate Kelly
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Prominent Mormon activist Kate Kelly was excommunicated by her church on Monday for violating its “laws and order” after advocating for women’s ordination, a view that leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint…
