New statue of Penn State’s Paterno set for 2015 unveiling: alumni
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Fundraising for a new statue depicting Joe Paterno “as the man he was and not Joe the football coach” is set to begin two years after his image was removed from Penn State University because of a child sex abuse sca…
Wyoming natgas facility still ablaze after blast, supplies cut
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A fire was still raging at Williams Companies Inc’s natural gas processing plant in southwestern Wyoming on Thursday, a day after an explosion rocked the site, disrupting supplies in a hub in the Rockies.
Family of Florida woman fatally shot in 2010 seek state probe
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – The sister of a north Florida woman whose fatal shooting more than three years ago was ruled a suicide made a tearful plea to Governor Rick Scott on Thursday to order an investigation, in a case that has raised question…
Gunman in Los Angeles police station shootout dies of wounds
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A gunman who opened fire inside a Los Angeles police station earlier this month, wounding an officer who returned fire along with his partner, died on Thursday of wounds suffered in the shooting, a police official said.
No Mountain Dew: Florida students face big test without caffeine
ORLANDO (Reuters) – Students in one Central Florida school this year will try to ace high-stakes standardized tests without their usual shot of Mountain Dew.
Rebellious Nevada rancher’s racist remarks dim Republican support
(Reuters) – Two Republican senators who voiced support for a Nevada cattleman in his showdown with federal agents over grazing rights on public land condemned recent remarks by the rebellious rancher musing about whether African-Americans would be “bet…
In fight with opiate overdoses, N.J. county issues antidote to police
(Reuters) – Police in coastal Ocean County in New Jersey, faced with a doubling in deaths from drug overdoses in the past year, have issued all police officers an anti-opiate drug in a pilot program aimed at combating deaths tied to painkiller addictio…
Fire in New Jersey Pine Barrens forces evacuation of 250 people
(Reuters) – A wind-whipped brushfire in New Jersey’s scenic Pine Barrens in Ocean County threatened roughly 50 homes on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of 250 people, the New Jersey Fire Service said.
Family of TSA agent slain at LAX files $25 million claim against city
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The family of a federal security screener who was killed when a man opened fire at Los Angeles International Airport last November has filed a $25 million claim against the city, alleging that security lapses contributed to the …
Former U.S. contractor pleads guilty to faking background investigations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. government contractor carrying out background checks on federal employees is facing up to five years in jail after pleading guilty to falsely claiming he had conducted investigations, officials said on Thursday.
