Obama to tour damaged areas of tornado-ravaged Arkansas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will travel to central Arkansas on Wednesday to tour communities that were hit by deadly tornadoes earlier this week, Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor said on Saturday.
Honduras to extradite drug trafficker wanted by U.S.
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras said it will extradite to the United States a drug trafficker who worked for Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa Cartel, making him the first such case since the country changed the law to allow the process two years ago.
Arizona high school student accused of up to 18 sex attacks
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona high school student has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting up to 18 girls and threatening to kill victims and witnesses, the Pinal County Sheriff’s office said.
Nineteen hurt in New York subway derailment
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City subway train carrying 1,000 riders derailed on Friday morning while traveling through a tunnel in the borough of Queens, injuring 19 people, city fire officials said.
Marijuana banking scheme passes first test in Colorado legislature
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado lawmakers on Friday passed a bill that if enacted would lead to the first marijuana financial system in the United States, potentially granting legal cannabis businesses access to the Federal Reserve’s money transaction syst…
Bundy sons in Nevada accuse feds of assault in police complaint
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Sons and sisters of Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who has been resisting efforts by federal agents to seize his cattle grazing without permits on public land, attempted to file police complaints on Friday accusing the agents of…
Bear that bit Missouri students has no rabies, is spared
(Reuters) – A two-month-old bear cub that bit and scratched at least 18 students at a Missouri college poses no rabies threat and won’t be killed, school officials said on Friday.
Florida lawmakers take a swing at rules for Cuban baseball players
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – The Florida state legislature passed a bill on Friday that would allow Major League Baseball teams in the state to seek subsidies for ballpark improvements, but only if MLB changes its hiring rules for Cuban players.
Coffee Bean chain founder Herbert Hyman dies at age 82
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Herbert Hyman, who founded the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in 1963 and saw the chain expand to nearly a thousand stores in 29 countries, has died at age 82, a spokeswoman for the company said on Friday.
First U.S. case of deadly MERS virus confirmed: CDC
(Reuters) – A healthcare worker who had traveled to Saudi Arabia was confirmed as the first U.S. case of Middle East Respiratory Virus (MERS), an often fatal illness, raising new concerns about the rapid spread of such diseases, the U.S. Centers for Di…
