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 …
U.S. weather forecaster still sees 70 percent chance of summer El Nino
(Reuters) – The U.S. weather forecaster maintained its outlook for the El Nino weather phenomenon in its monthly update on Thursday, pegging the chances of the weather pattern striking during the Northern Hemisphere summer at 70 percent.
Part of U.S. Capitol closed to probe asbestos incident: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Parts of the U.S. Capitol were closed early on Thursday while authorities investigated a possible asbestos release, delaying the start of the House of Representatives session and canceling some tours of the building.
Florida set to execute convicted murderer of 11-year-old girl
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) – A Florida man who confessed to the rape and murder of a child is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday, while another convicted murderer in Georgia had his death sentence, also due to be carried out on Thursday, commu…
