Small plane with French tourists crashes in Arizona, one dead
(Reuters) – A small plane carrying a group of French tourists crashed in Arizona on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least four, one critically, local television reported.
New York police recruiting Muslim informants: NY Times
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City police have been recruiting immigrants, most of them Muslims, in the years following the attacks of September 11, 2001, to act as informants eavesdropping in cafes, restaurants and mosques, The New York Times reported…
New Jersey mall evacuated, reports of shots unfounded: officials
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Police evacuated the Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall in Paramus, New Jersey on Saturday, following a car fire and reports of gunfire, but authorities were unable to confirm any shots were fired at the shopping center wh…
Tornado damages or destroys hundreds of homes in Missouri town
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – A tornado destroyed or damaged 200 to 300 homes in a small town east of Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday but caused no injuries, officials reported.
Trail ride challenges federal control of Utah land
BLANDING, Utah (Reuters) – Hundreds of activists seeking to directly challenge federal control of swathes of territory in the U.S. West on Saturday drove dozens of all-terrain vehicles into protected land in Utah that is home to Native American artifac…
Two dead, one missing after hot air balloon catches fire in Virginia
(Reuters) – Two people were killed and another was missing after a hot air balloon hit a power line and caught fire over Virginia during a festival, as horrified witnesses watched from below, police said on Saturday.
Texas police officer who killed 93-year-old woman fired
(Reuters) – A police officer who shot and killed a 93-year-old woman as she brandished a firearm in a small Texas town was fired on Saturday, a police official said.
Texas man arrested for suspected premarital sex with 16-year-old wife
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The marriage may be legal but the suspected premarital sex was not, authorities said on Saturday after arresting a 41-year-old Houston-area drama teacher for the alleged sexual assault of a child, his 16-year-old wife.
Arkansas same-sex couples wed after judge ends gay marriage ban
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) – Several same-sex couples in Arkansas were married at a county courthouse in Eureka Springs on Saturday, a day after a state judge struck down the state’s 10-year-old ban on gay and lesbian marriage.
Tiny houses a way off the streets for Wisconsin homeless
MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) – After surviving two long, cold Wisconsin winters on the streets, Betty Ybarra traded freezing park benches and tents for a tiny house made of recycled wood she helped build herself.
