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.
U.S. military rescuing sick baby on family’s boat in Pacific Ocean
(Reuters) – An American family that had been sailing across the Pacific Ocean for several weeks was the focus of a U.S. military rescue mission on Saturday after their 1-year-old daughter became severely ill, officials said.
One dead, eight sickened in apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in Cleveland -police
(Reuters) – The cause of a carbon monoxide leak near Cleveland was under investigation on Saturday, a day after an elderly woman was found dead and eight people were taken to hospital from an apartment building where deadly levels of the gas were detec…
Series of small earthquakes rock Oklahoma in record seismic activity
(Reuters) – Earthquakes rattled residents in Oklahoma on Saturday, the latest in a series that have put the state on track for record quake activity this year, which some seismologists say may be tied to oil and gas exploration.
Four dead after car rolls into New York City waterway
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Four passengers were killed after a car plunged into a waterway that flows into New York City’s East River late on Friday night, police and fire officials said.
New Jersey Governor’s aide testifies in bridge lane closures probe: report
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – A key aide to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie testified on Friday in a far-reaching criminal investigation into the September 2013 lane closures near the George Washington Bridge, media reported.
U.S. Navy testing more sophisticated pilotless helicopters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The helicopter kicked up a cloud of freshly fallen snow that partly obscured the ground below, but despite the poor visibility, it gently touched down in a landing that was unremarkable except for the fact no one was at the contr…
Skydivers fail to break world record following fatal accident in Arizona
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A team of 221 skydivers failed with their final attempt to break a world record in a daring jump above the southern Arizona desert on Friday, one day after a colleague died in a previous attempt, organizers said.
