Gay rights group gets OK to join Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade
(Reuters) – A gay rights group will be allowed to march in Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, event organizers said on Saturday, reversing a 20-year-long stance after the city’s new mayor intervened.
Alaska’s famed Iditarod sled-dog race starts with ceremonial jaunt
(Reuters) – Dozens of mushers and their sled-dog teams on Saturday joined in the ceremonial start to Alaska’s famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race that will take contestants through nearly 1,000 miles of wilderness over the next week.
California governor signs $687 million drought relief legislation
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed into law a $687 million drought-relief package to deal with a water shortage he has called the worst in the state’s modern history.
Crack found in dam in Washington state, authorities lower water levels
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A 65-foot-long (20-meter-long) crack has appeared along the base of a dam in Washington state, posing no danger to the public but prompting utility managers to lower water levels to assess needed repairs, a utility spokesman said.
To see U.S. wealth gap, look no further than Washington
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is making income inequality an issue in midterm elections, and proof of the gap between rich and poor is close at hand right outside the White House.
Rain soaks California causing floods, but won’t end drought
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – A large winter storm brought much-needed relief to parched California on Friday, boosting depleted reservoirs and the Sierra Nevada’s mountain snowpack, but officials said the precipitation would be too little to offs…
North Carolina cites Duke Energy in coal ash spill
(Reuters) – State regulators in North Carolina on Friday said Duke Energy Corp violated environmental laws and could face quotidian fines after a massive spill of toxic coal ash this month contaminated water and wildlife in the Dan River.
Three injured in avalanche that engulfed Montana home
(Reuters) – An avalanche swept down a mountainside into a Missoula, Montana, neighborhood on Friday and crushed the two-story home of an elderly couple, burying them in snow along with a young boy nearby, but all three were later found alive, police sa…
Detroit creditors want more time to vet city’s bankruptcy plan
(Reuters) – Detroit faces a long legal fight over its valuable art collection and other key matters in its historic bankruptcy case that make it imperative to push back the start of a trial on the city’s debt adjustment plan, a bond insurer argued on F…
No charges in shooting of Georgia Alzheimer’s patient, prosecutor says
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia man who last November shot and killed a 72-year-old Alzheimer’s patient who rang at his front door will not be charged with a crime because the homeowner feared for his safety, a county prosecutor said on Friday.
