Tracks at site of Pennsylvania oil train derailment cleared -operator
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Norfolk Southern on Friday cleared the tracks of tank cars carrying Canadian crude oil that derailed in Pennsylvania and said the spill that resulted from the accident was slightly larger than it first estimated.
Oregon woman trapped in crater survives week of freezing weather
PORTLAND (Reuters) – A distraught woman who became stranded in a large crater in rural Oregon survived for a week despite snow, ice and freezing temperatures before she was rescued, police said on Friday.
NBC’s Joel McHale to headline White House correspondents’ dinner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Actor and comedian Joel McHale will be the featured performer at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, which is attended by members of the media, celebrities and the president, the association said on Friday….
Winter storm buries parts of northeast; death toll at 20
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. East Coast dug out on Friday from the final wallop of a deadly four-day storm that dumped more than two feet of snow in some places, causing chaos from the South to New England.
Five people, including children, die in Minneapolis duplex fire
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Five people were killed, including at least three children, in a fire early on Friday at a Minneapolis duplex where fire crews found heavy fire and smoke pouring from the second floor, officials said.
U.S. targets wife of jailed Mexican drug lord
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday targeted the wife of a jailed Mexican drug lord, freezing her U.S. assets and banning American companies from doing business with her medical supplies firm.
Obama lashes out at Republicans on Volkswagen-union organizing fight
CAMBRIDGE, Maryland (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday waded into Washington’s war of words over a union organizing election in Tennessee when he accused Republicans of trying to block labor’s efforts at an auto plant in that state, according…
U.S. safety regulators open probe of Mazda CX-9 for brake issue
DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. safety regulators have opened a probe into reduced brake effectiveness for an estimated 62,319 Mazda Motor Corp CX-9 large crossover vehicles from model years 2010 and 2011.
Florida loud music murder trial enters third day of jury deliberation
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – A north Florida jury began a third day of deliberations on Friday in the trial of a middle-aged man who shot and killed a black teenager in an argument over rap music blaring from the youth’s car.
Toyota recalls about 295,000 vehicles globally for electrical fault
DETROIT (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp is recalling about 295,000 Lexus and Toyota brand vehicles globally, mostly in the United States, because various safety systems including stability control and anti-lock brakes could become inoperative.
