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.
Detroit’s civilian retiree group agrees to pension cuts
(Reuters) – The group representing the largest block of Detroit’s retired workers on Friday agreed to accept the city’s proposed cuts to their pension benefits, the latest in a string of deals the city has struck in an effort to resolve its historic ba…
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, filed police complaints with the local sheriff’s office on Friday ac…
Two Alaska troopers who appeared on reality TV killed in remote village
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – Two Alaska State Troopers, who have been featured in a reality TV show, were killed while investigating a report of a person brandishing a gun in a remote village, officials said on Friday.
Los Angeles teacher may have abused over 100 children, judge finds
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U.S. to create gasoline reserve in Northeast after Sandy shortages
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government will create a million-barrel gasoline reserve in the Northeast, a reaction to the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in 2012 when motorists were left without fuel, exposing vulnerabilities in the fuel distribution …
Airlines exempt from September 11 environmental claim: U.S. court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – American Airlines, United Airlines and the World Trade Center leaseholder do not have to pay a property developer environmental cleanup costs from the September 11, 2001 hijacked plane attacks, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday….
Ex-tugboat worker pleads guilty to killing 8 in California salon
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) – A former tugboat worker pleaded guilty on Friday to first-degree murder for killing eight people in a 2011 rampage at a Southern California hair salon where his ex-wife worked, in the worst mass shooting in Orange Coun…
Some Georgia church leaders opt out of broad new gun law
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Leaders of two Christian denominations in Georgia said this week that guns had no place in their churches and they would opt out of a new state law allowing firearms in houses of worship as part of a broad expansion of gun rights.
Animal rights group seeks Utah roadside memorial for dead turkeys
(Reuters) – Animal rights activists want to erect a roadside memorial placard to honor hundreds of “terrified turkeys” killed in a tractor-trailer accident on a Utah highway last week, transportation officials said on Friday.
