Costly Texas high school football stadium closes due to design flaws
DALLAS (Reuters) – One of the most expensive high school football stadiums in the United States will remain closed through the 2014 football season after an engineering firm declared it unsafe, school officials said on Tuesday.
North Miami, Florida, mayor suspended from office after fraud charges
MIAMI (Reuters) – The mayor of North Miami, Florida, was suspended from office by Florida Governor Rick Scott on Tuesday a day after she was charged as part of an alleged $8 million mortgage fraud scheme.
Egyptian teenage scientist plans to seek asylum in United States
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An Egyptian teenager who traveled to the United States to take part in a prestigious science fair has decided to seek asylum, saying he fears returning home after being accused of taking part in anti-government protests in Cairo…
Detroit bankruptcy plan faces key vote by Michigan state committee
(Reuters) – Detroit’s plan to deal with $18 billion of debt so it can exit municipal bankruptcy faces a crucial test on Wednesday, when a panel of Michigan state lawmakers votes on legislation, opposed by some conservatives, to provide state funding fo…
Alaska woman survives bear attack, walks two miles for help
(Reuters) – A woman mauled by a brown bear while jogging at a U.S. military base in Alaska survived the attack and then, bleeding from serious injuries, dragged herself two miles uphill to a paved road before finding help, authorities said on Tuesday.
A year later, tornado-hit city in Oklahoma remembers and rebuilds
MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) – Dedications were made on Tuesday for new buildings rising out of the rubble and tears shed in an Oklahoma city devastated by a tornado that a year ago killed 24 and injured more than 300.
End of the road approaches for prominent Boston gun-control sign
BOSTON (Reuters) – An iconic sign bearing pro-gun-control messages that has hung near Fenway Park in Boston for almost two decades will soon lose its home.
Steaming mad: Maine charges lobsterman for ‘egregious’ catch violation
BOSTON (Reuters) – Maine wildlife officials are pressing charges against a local fisherman for possessing hundreds of undersized or otherwise protected lobsters, calling it one of the state’s most “egregious” lobstering violations in a quarter century….
Police find Connecticut man in house with mother’s corpse
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A suburban Connecticut man is believed to have been living with the corpse of his mother for weeks, possibly months, before his brother called police to complain he was being kept from entering their home on Mother’s Day, police sa…
White House official to visit much-criticized Phoenix veterans medical facility
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top aide to President Barack Obama will travel to Phoenix on Wednesday to visit the medical facility at the heart of allegations involving delays in healthcare for military veterans.
