More than 100 missing persons reports filed after Washington state mudslide
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – More than 100 missing persons reports have been filed with various entities in Washington state in the aftermath of a mudslide already blamed for eight confirmed deaths, the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Manag…
U.S. Navy could close Arctic submarine ice camp after cracks appear
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy is mulling whether to dismantle or relocate an ice camp used to support submarine exercises off the Alaskan coast after cracks appeared in the ice, sources familiar with the process said on Monday.
Farmer trumps Georgia in legal battle over Vidalia onion
ATLANTA (Reuters) – With Georgia’s famed Vidalia onions soon to hit grocery store shelves nationwide, the brand’s largest grower is celebrating a court victory against state regulators in a fight over when he can ship his sweet crop.
Ohio mumps outbreak up to 56 reported cases, spreads beyond university
(Reuters) – Some 56 cases of mumps have been reported in Ohio in an outbreak that started at Ohio State University in Columbus but has spread to people without ties to the school – a “disturbing development,” say public health officials.
Southwest to add flights from Reagan National Airport
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co will more than double its flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport this year with new nonstop routes to cities including Akron-Canton, Ohio; Indianapolis and Dallas Love Field, it said on Monday.
New York’s 9/11 museum to open to the public on May 21
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nearly 13 years after the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, a museum dedicated to the nearly 3,000 killed will open on May 21 where the World Trade Center once stood, officials said Monday.
Delaware loses final bid to revive ‘secret courts’
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a ruling that shut down Delaware’s novel program to have judges hear private arbitration cases, which critics blasted as “secret courts”.
Supreme Court declines to hear Arch Coal mining permit case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a blow to Arch Coal Inc by declining to hear its challenge to an Obama administration decision to block an environmental permit for a coal mining project in West Virginia.
Not carved in stone, views of U.S. statues change with the times
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wearing only a strategically carved cluster of leaves, the chiseled male figure towering over two female forms in the 1922 marble sculpture “The Triumph of Civic Virtue” now watches over a lonely cemetery in Brooklyn.
Houston waterways shut for third day after collision
TEXAS CITY, Texas (Reuters) – Major Texas shipping channels that deliver crude oil for more than one-tenth of the nation’s refining capacity were shut for a third day on Monday, as the cleanup from a spill threatened to last through the week.
