‘No evidence’ of pre-collision fire in deadly California crash: NTSB
(Reuters) – An investigation into the northern California crash between a FedEx truck and bus that killed 10 people last week has turned up “no evidence” of a pre-collision fire, contrary to a witness report, authorities said on Sunday.
Three people killed in shootings at Jewish centers in Kansas
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (Reuters) – Three people were killed Sunday afternoon at two different Jewish community facilities in a Kansas City-area suburb, and a man was in custody as authorities investigated whether or not the shootings were anti-Semitic, …
Utah woman arrested after police find 7 dead infants at home
(Reuters) – A Utah woman was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder on Sunday after police found the decomposing bodies of seven infants stuffed in separate cardboard boxes in her former home, authorities said.
Nevada ranching family claims victory as government releases cattle
BUNKERVILLE, Nevada (Reuters) – U.S. officials ended a stand-off with hundreds of armed protesters in the Nevada desert on Saturday, calling off the government’s roundup of cattle it said were illegally grazing on federal land and giving about 300 anim…
Two runners die in North Carolina half-marathon
(Reuters) – Two runners competing in a half-marathon in Raleigh, North Carolina, collapsed and died on Sunday, officials said.
Obama’s new health secretary nominee draws early Republican fire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s new nominee for health secretary drew some early political fire from Republicans on Sunday in what could foreshadow a stormy election-year confirmation debate in the U.S. Senate over the future of the law…
New commuter rail link ready to roll in central Florida
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Central Florida is scheduled to roll out a commuter rail system on May 1 along a major interstate corridor that runs through downtown Orlando, becoming the first new system to open in the United States in three years.
Mudslide menaces fabled Pacific Northwest salmon, trout river
OSO, Washington (Reuters) – Watching the now murky river from his kitchen window, Bill Best speaks in low tones of neighbors buried by a massive mudslide, where damage to salmon and steelhead trout spawning beds only adds to the grief in a rural Washin…
Truck in deadly California crash on fire before collision: witness
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – A witness reported that a FedEx tractor-trailer that crashed into a bus in northern California on Thursday killing 10 people was on fire before impact, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Saturday.
New York district attorney investigating Port Authority: media reports
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – The Manhattan district attorney has issued a subpoena seeking correspondence from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s administration and records from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey relating to several majo…
