Five tornadoes touch down near Denver, some flights diverted
DENVER (Reuters) – Five tornadoes touched down on Wednesday in the Denver area accompanied by icy hail, forcing the city’s airport to divert dozens of flights although no damage was immediately reported, officials said.
Questions linger on gay Boy Scout leaders as Gates takes over
DALLAS (Reuters) – As former Defense Secretary Robert Gates is set to head the Boy Scouts of America, many are wondering if the official who helped end the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy will also lift the scout’s ban on gay adult leade…
California woman abducted at 15 found alive after 10 years: police
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Southern California woman abducted a decade ago when she was 15 was found alive and her accused kidnapper has been arrested, police said on Wednesday.
Visitors take somber tours as September 11 museum opens to public
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Yorkers who toured the museum that commemorates the violent attacks of September 11, 2001, on Wednesday, the first day it was open to the public, said they expected a somber visit but found themselves emotionally overwhelmed.
New Jersey economic comeback? Fuhgeddaboudit!
(Reuters) – When New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday unveiled a massive budget shortfall, he pointed the finger at a steep and unexpected drop in income taxes.
Feds to spend $2 billion on Los Angeles ‘Subway to the Sea’
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – The federal government will spend $2 billion to extend a subway line under Los Angeles’ storied Wilshire Boulevard, an effort to ease congestion in one of the country’s most transited corridors and to eventually link …
Obama creates half-million acre national monument in New Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday preserved almost 500,000 acres of mountains, canyons, trails, caves and grasslands in New Mexico as a new national monument, saying he wanted to protect the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks region …
Four killed, 20 hurt in California bus crash
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles-bound passenger bus veered off a Southern California highway on Wednesday and flipped onto its side, killing four people on board and injuring 20 more, California Highway Patrol officials said.
McDonald’s workers protest low wages, more than 100 arrested
(Reuters) – More than 100 demonstrators seeking better pay for McDonald’s workers were arrested on Wednesday as protesters swarmed the fast-food chain’s corporate campus near Chicago demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour and the right to unionize.
California transit authority settles civil rights lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California transit agency has settled a civil rights lawsuit by five men detained after the shooting of Oscar Grant, a young black man shot to death by a white transit policeman in Oakland, representatives for both sides sai…
