Fossils withdrawn from auction donated to new Kansas museum
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A collection of 85 million-year-old fossils including a fish as big as a great white shark with a face like a bulldog has been donated to a new Kansas museum after an outcry from scientists helped scrap a San Diego museum’s plans…
Cheap buses lure travelers from rails, sky with new frills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Forget the grimy terminals and uncomfortable buses of the past. Discount U.S. carriers are luring a new generation of riders from young tourists to business travelers with amenities such as free Internet and leather seats.
Small plane with French tourists crashes in Arizona, one dead
(Reuters) – One person was killed and another seriously injured when a small plane carrying a group of French tourists crashed while attempting to land at an Arizona airport, authorities said on Sunday.
Gunmen kill man, wound six at toddlers’ party in California
(Reuters) – Gunmen killed a man and wounded six people including a seven-year-old child when they opened fire on a toddler’s birthday party in California, in what police said on Sunday might have been a gang-related shooting.
New York moves 9/11 attack victims’ remains to Ground Zero
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The unidentified remains of those killed in the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City were moved into a repository at the bedrock level of Ground Zero on Saturday after a procession through Manhattan …
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…
