U.S. sends more agents to border amid child immigrant crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Tuesday the United States is sending more agents to the border with Mexico to help deal with a flood of undocumented children, mostly from Central America, crossing into the United Sta…
Second bridge probe linked to Christie is underway: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A second bridge investigation linked to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is underway, this one focusing on possible securities law violations involving the Pulaski Skyway bridge, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
CDC reassigns director of lab behind anthrax blunder
ATLANTA/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reassigned the director of the bioterror lab behind the potential anthrax exposure of dozens of scientists and staff, sources told Reuters, as the anthrax controversy i…
Republican favored in Florida special congressional election
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – Voters in southwest Florida on Tuesday were expected to pick another Republican to replace U.S. Representative Trey Radel, who resigned in January after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine.
Asiana crash hearing to focus on pilots: U.S. safety board ex-chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former head of the U.S. transportation safety regulator said pilot error will likely be the focus of a hearing on Tuesday on the cause of an Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport last July in which three …
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.
New York Representative Rangel faces voters in congressional primary
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Voters in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood and parts of the Bronx will go to the polls on Tuesday to decide the political fate of U.S. Representative Charles Rangel, who is running for a 23rd term in Congress.
Seattle hiking expert Sykes died of hypothermia: official
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Prominent Seattle hiking enthusiast and author Karen Sykes, whose body was found near Mount Rainier after she disappeared during a trail hike, died of hypothermia, an official in Washington state said on Monday.
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.
