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.
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 …
New Jersey woman found stabbed to death, sons found in South Carolina
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – A New Jersey man was arrested on Saturday and charged with stabbing his estranged wife to death and driving off in her car with their two young sons to a relative’s home in South Carolina, police and prosecutors said.
Alabama baker turns Grandma’s cookie recipe into national brand
MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) – At family holiday gatherings, Robert Armstrong had two goals, to beat his cousins to his grandmother’s cookie tin and make sure he saved room for dinner.
New Mexico nuclear waste site halts shipments of toxic materials to Texas
(Reuters) – A New Mexico nuclear waste dump, which saw a radiation leak in February, has halted shipments of toxic waste barrels to a commercial Texas facility amid concerns that chemical reactions could trigger another release there, officials said on…
San Francisco firefighter a ‘scapegoat’ in death of Asiana passenger: lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A veteran San Francisco firefighter blamed for accidentally running over and killing a 16-year-old passenger thrown from an Asiana Airlines plane crash sued the city on Friday, claiming she was unfairly made a scapegoat.
