Hot dogs gobbled, small-town parades cheered as U.S. marks soggy July 4
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hot-dog eating champs, backyard picnickers and small-town parade lovers pressed on with Fourth of July celebrations on Friday, some featuring less sizzle than usual after Hurricane Arthur dampened many Independence Day plans.
Weaker Hurricane Arthur heads to Nantucket, Cape Cod
NAGS HEAD N.C. (Reuters) – A weakened Hurricane Arthur was aimed at southern New England on Friday, wielding tropical storm-force winds, after an earlier landfall in North Carolina that caused only slight damage.
Illinois man suspected in two murders is arrested in Wisconsin
(Reuters) – Police in Wisconsin arrested an Illinois man on Friday who is suspected of killing two people and became the target of a nationwide manhunt.
On July Fourth holiday, Obama urges immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Americans on the Independence Day holiday on Friday that welcoming immigrants to the United States is “central to our way of life” as he made an impassioned argument for a new immigration policy.
Ex-priest who killed nun dies in prison after plea rejected
(Reuters) – An ex-priest convicted of murdering a nun died behind bars on Friday, a day after a federal judge rejected his plea for compassionate release for his final days, a spokesman for Ohio’s governor said.
U.S. grounds entire F-35 fleet pending engine inspections
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it had grounded the entire fleet of 97 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets until completion of additional inspections of the warplane’s single engine built by Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp.
Phones, shoes to face scrutiny as airport security tightened: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Airlines with direct flights to the United States have been told to tighten screening of mobile phones and shoes in response to intelligence reports of increased threats from al Qaeda-affiliated militant groups, U.S. officials sa…
Foster Farms recalls some chicken, 16 months into salmonella outbreak
(Reuters) – California-based poultry giant Foster Farms will recall some of the contaminated chicken linked to a massive salmonella outbreak that has stretched on for 16 months and sickened hundreds of consumers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and …
Hurricane Arthur makes landfall on North Carolina’s Outer Banks
NAGS HEAD, N.C, (Reuters) – The first hurricane of the Atlantic season made landfall on the North Carolina coast Thursday night, a windy, wet party-pooper that forced thousands of vacationers to scrap their July Fourth holiday plans amid evacuation ord…
Retired U.S. Navy commander pleads guilty in bribery scandal
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A retired U.S. Navy commander pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges on Thursday in connection with a wide-ranging corruption investigation of a Singapore-based defense contractor.
