Sunoco oil pipeline leaks in Ohio nature preserve
(Reuters) – A major oil pipeline owned by Sunoco Logistics Partners LP leaked thousands of gallons of crude oil into a nature preserve in southwest Ohio late on Monday.
New Jersey teen drops lawsuit against parents over tuition money
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey teenager who drew international attention when she sued her parents for financial support after leaving home in a dispute on Tuesday dropped the case against them, according to court records.
U.S. authorities arrest 14 in child porn website involving 251 children
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Authorities have arrested 14 men in a secret, members-only child pornography website that involved 251 children, mostly boys, in five countries, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
U.S. halts Syrian embassy, consulate operations, orders diplomats out
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday suspended operations of the Syrian Embassy in Washington and its consulates and told diplomats and staff who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents to leave the country.
In New York City blast probe, investigators focus on gas lines
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. investigators were looking into gas lines and meters to determine what caused a natural gas explosion last week that leveled two New York City apartment buildings and killed eight people, fatalities that a city official said w…
U.S. Army general to fight prison time for improper liaisons
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina (Reuters) – A U.S. Army general who admitted to inappropriate relationships with several junior officers, including one he pleaded guilty to mistreating during an adulterous sexual affair, will argue on Tuesday against servin…
Fashion’s L’Wren Scott found dead in NYC in apparent suicide
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Celebrated fashion designer L’Wren Scott, the girlfriend of Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, was found dead from an apparent suicide in her Manhattan apartment on Monday, police said.
From potatoes to copper, Montana lawyer is hottest courtroom commodity
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As a young boy working on his uncle’s potato farm in rural Montana, little did Christopher Lovell know the company whose name was emblazoned across trains crossing the state would one day make him the nation’s most revered – or rev…
Illinois primary voters to pick candidates for governor, senate
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois Republicans will go to the polls on Tuesday to choose a candidate to run for governor against a Democratic incumbent they say is weak enough to give their party a shot at taking back an office long held by Democrats in the …
Obamacare campaign highlights sports injuries to enroll young people
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With the clock running down on Obamacare enrollment, the administration sought to persuade young people to sign up for health coverage on Tuesday by telling them how much it hurts not be insured – that is, how much it can hurt th…
