Smoke bomb on New York school bus sends students to hospital
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A dozen elementary school students in New York City were hospitalized briefly on Tuesday after a smoke bomb was set off on a school bus, police said.
Angry mothers meet EPA over concerns with Roundup herbicide
(Reuters) – Questions about Roundup, the world’s most popular herbicide, are on the agenda at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday when regulators meet with a group of mothers, scientists, environmentalists and others who say they are worri…
U.S. justices reject accused shooter’s appeal over reporter sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal by a man facing trial for a high-profile mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater in 2012 over his lawyers’ attempt to force a Fox News reporter to testify.
Three shot dead at South Carolina oceanfront hotel
(Reuters) – Three people were killed and a fourth wounded in a shooting at a oceanfront hotel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the U.S. Southeast, police said on Sunday.
Top CIA officer in Afghanistan mistakenly named by White House: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House inadvertently included the name of the top CIA official in Afghanistan on a list of participants in a military briefing with President Barack Obama that was distributed to reporters on Sunday, the Washington Post …
Alaska wildfire burns 250 square miles, 1,000 buildings evacuated
(Reuters) – A spreading Alaskan wildfire has forced the evacuation of about 1,000 buildings but firefighters have gained ground by containing about 30 percent of the wind-driven blaze, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said on Monday.
Search underway for three men missing after Colorado mudslide
DENVER (Reuters) – Search and rescue crews were looking for three men on Monday who have been missing since a four-mile-long (6-km) mudslide ripped through a remote area near the Grand Mesa National Forest in western Colorado the day before.
Police defend actions following California college town killings
SANTA BARBARA Calif. (Reuters) – Police in the California community where a man killed six college students said on Monday they had no grounds to search the 22-year-old suspect’s home when they met with him in April over a report that he had posted dis…
Bus-car collision in New Jersey kills two, injures 12
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A commuter bus collided head-on with a car on Monday in the New Jersey town of Pleasantville, killing two people and injuring a dozen more, police said.
Memorial Day observances reflect story of abused Union orphans
GETTYSBURG Pa. (Reuters) – School children scattered flowers on war veterans’ graves at Soldier’s National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on Monday in a 147-year-old Memorial Day tradition started by orphans of dead Union soldiers.
