Two skiers lost in Colorado avalanche are confirmed dead
DENVER (Reuters) – Two skiers missing after an avalanche swept them and five others away in a slide-prone area of Colorado were confirmed dead on Sunday, authorities said.
FBI talking to Pennsylvania police over accused Craigslist killer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The FBI said on Sunday it was in contact with local police in the case of Miranda Barbour, who is charged with murdering a Pennsylvania man she lured via the website Craigslist and reportedly admits to the killing and at least 22 o…
Snake-handling preacher dies in Kentucky after being bit by snake
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – A Kentucky snake-handling preacher who appeared in a television show about the religious practice died of a snakebite after refusing medical treatment, authorities said on Sunday.
Mother, four children killed in fiery car crash in California
(Reuters) – A woman and her four children died in a fiery collision in central California after a driver failed to yield at a stop sign and slammed into their sports utility vehicle, the California Highway Patrol said Sunday.
Winter builds rare icy path to Lake Superior ice caves
(Reuters) – Crowds of people are flocking to northwestern Wisconsin to trek on a frozen-over Lake Superior to reach dramatic ice caves accessible on foot for the first time in several years, courtesy of the long frigid winter.
New England digs out from second snow storm in a week
(Reuters) – A winter blast left parts of the U.S. Northeast buried under a foot of snow on Sunday before heading toward coastal Canada, the second powerful storm system to slam the region in less than a week.
VW works council says will pursue labor representation at U.S. plant
HAMBURG/BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s works council said it would press on with efforts to set up labor representation at its Chattanooga, Tennessee plant, undeterred by a workers’ vote against any such step involving the United Auto Workers union (U…
Powerball lottery prize soars to $400 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Powerball jackpot rose to $400 million on Sunday, one of the largest prizes in the lottery’s history.
Possible radiation leak at New Mexico military nuclear waste site
(Reuters) – Unusually high levels of radioactive particles were found at an underground nuclear waste site in New Mexico on Saturday in what a spokesman said looked like the first real alarm since the plant opened in 1999.
Florida man faces 60 years in prison for shooting teens over loud music
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – A Florida jury convicted a white, middle-aged man on Saturday of three counts of attempted murder for opening fire on a car of black teenagers during an argument over loud rap music, but could not reach a verdict on a …
