Obama’s new health secretary nominee draws early Republican fire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s new nominee for health secretary drew some early political fire from Republicans on Sunday in what could foreshadow a stormy election-year confirmation debate in the U.S. Senate over the future of the law…
New commuter rail link ready to roll in central Florida
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Central Florida is scheduled to roll out a commuter rail system on May 1 along a major interstate corridor that runs through downtown Orlando, becoming the first new system to open in the United States in three years.
Mudslide menaces fabled Pacific Northwest salmon, trout river
OSO, Washington (Reuters) – Watching the now murky river from his kitchen window, Bill Best speaks in low tones of neighbors buried by a massive mudslide, where damage to salmon and steelhead trout spawning beds only adds to the grief in a rural Washin…
Truck in deadly California crash on fire before collision: witness
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – A witness reported that a FedEx tractor-trailer that crashed into a bus in northern California on Thursday killing 10 people was on fire before impact, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Saturday.
New York district attorney investigating Port Authority: media reports
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – The Manhattan district attorney has issued a subpoena seeking correspondence from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s administration and records from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey relating to several majo…
North Carolina boy, 11, dies after being struck by baseball
(Reuters) – An 11-year-old boy in North Carolina died after being struck in the head by a baseball hit off a bat during practice at his school, a local official said on Saturday.
North Carolina boy dies after struck by baseball
(Reuters) – A sixth-grade boy in North Carolina died after being struck in the head by a baseball hit off a bat during practice at his school, a local official said on Saturday.
U.S. agency ends Nevada cattle roundup, releases herd after stand-off
BUNKERVILLE, Nevada (Reuters) – U.S. officials ended a stand-off with hundreds of armed protesters in the Nevada desert on Saturday, calling off the government’s roundup of cattle it said were illegally grazing on federal land and giving about 300 anim…
Boston ramps up security ahead of first marathon since bombing
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston officials vowed on Saturday to balance tight security with a feeling of fun at the coming Boston Marathon, the first running of the world-renown race since the bomb attack last year killed three people and injured 264.
Former U.S. Marine’s family asks Iran to reconsider prison term
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The family of an Iranian-American former U.S. Marine held in Iran since 2011 called on Saturday for senior Iranian officials to review his conviction and 10-year prison sentence on charges of collaborating with the U.S. governmen…
