Seven killed in Massachusetts apartment blaze: fire officials
BOSTON (Reuters) – Seven people were killed when a fire tore through an apartment building in the Boston suburb of Lowell on Thursday morning, a Massachusetts fire official said.
Man sentenced to year in jail in Detroit mob beating of motorist
(Reuters) – A man who pleaded guilty to being part of a mob assault on a motorist who accidentally struck a child in Detroit was sentenced on Thursday to one year in jail.
Exclusive: Coastal flooding has surged in U.S., Reuters finds
(Reuters) – Coastal flooding along the densely populated Eastern Seaboard of the United States has surged in recent years, a Reuters analysis has found.
WTC cleanup workers may renew health claims: U.S. appeals court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court in New York has revived claims by 211 cleanup workers who sought compensation for their alleged exposure to toxic contaminants in buildings near the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks….
Philadelphia man accused of being Nazi guard denied bail
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A former Nazi concentration camp guard awaiting extradition to Germany has been denied bail by a U.S. judge in Philadelphia.
U.S. judge blocks New Hampshire law creating abortion clinic buffers
(Reuters) – A federal judge has halted the enforcement of a New Hampshire law set to go into effect on Thursday that would have allowed abortion providers to set up 25-foot (7.6-meter) buffer zones around clinics.
Central U.S. to see cold snap next week: NWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The central United States will see temperatures well below normal next week as a low pressure system pulls in colder Canadian air, the National Weather Service said on Thursday.
Engine fire triggers new turbulence for Lockheed’s F-35 jet
RAF FAIRFORD England (Reuters) – Borne of the last downturn in U.S. military spending in the 1990s, Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was intended as a quick and affordable way for the United States and its allies to replace thousands of…
Germany asks top U.S. intelligence official to leave over spy scandal
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany asked the top U.S. intelligence official at the Berlin embassy on Thursday to leave the country, a highly unusual step reflecting the deep anger within Angela Merkel’s government at the discovery of two suspected U.S. spies w…
Philadelphia mayor rebuked for response to fire that killed four children
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Relatives of least two of the four children killed in a weekend fire that destroyed eight homes in Philadelphia staged a sit-in at City Hall on Wednesday, demanding the mayor apologize for comments about the blaze they decried …
