Blast at U.S. LNG site casts spotlight on natural gas safety
(Reuters) – An unexplained blast this week at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in rural Washington state, which injured workers, forced an evacuation and raised alarm about a potentially large second explosion, could focus attention on the risk o…
U.S. cautions citizens against travel via Baghdad airport due to ‘specific threat’
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Iraq has cautioned its citizens against travelling via Baghdad airport through April 8 due to information regarding a “specific threat” to security, ahead of elections later this month.
Mormon women, seeking wider role, denied entrance to all-male priesthood meeting
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Hundreds of Mormon women who want ecclesiastical equality were denied admittance to a male-only session of their faith’s spring conference on Saturday, in their bid to promote the ordination of women into the lay priesthood.
Atlanta’s Archbishop to sell $2.2 million mansion
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta, who has been criticized for lavish spending of church money, on Saturday said he has decided to sell the $2.2 million mansion he has been using as his official residence.
Snowden, Greenwald urge caution of wider government monitoring at Amnesty event
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Edward Snowden and reporter Glenn Greenwald, who brought to light the whistleblower’s leaks about mass U.S. government surveillance last year, appeared together via video link from opposite ends of the earth on Saturday for what was…
Atlanta’s Archbishop to sell $2.2 million mansion
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta, who has been criticized for lavish spending of church money, on Saturday said he has decided to sell the $2.2 million mansion he has been using as his official residence.
Two teenagers arrested in Detroit motorist beating
(Reuters) – Two teenagers were taken into custody on Saturday in the severe beating in Detroit of a motorist who stopped to help a 10-year-old boy he struck with his vehicle, with the arrests coming a day after city leaders decried the attack, police s…
Mormon women look for entrance to priesthood
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A group of 500 Mormon women who want ecclesiastical equality with men are expected to seek admittance to a male-only session of the faith’s spring conference on Saturday, as they promote the ordination of women into the lay p…
‘Verbal altercation’ may have led to Fort Hood rampage: Army
FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) – The suspected gunman at Fort Hood in Texas argued heatedly with fellow soldiers before going on a shooting spree that left three dead and 16 injured at the expansive U.S. Army base, a military investigator said on Friday.
Funerals start for victims of deadly U.S. mudslide
DARRINGTON, Washington (Reuters) – Mourners gathered on Saturday to remember victims killed in Washington state’s mudslide, the first of a series of memorial services for the more than two dozen dead, even as the search continues for more victims.
