Ice storms, snowfall, rain hinders holiday travel across U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ice storms, heavy snowfall, possible tornadoes and the threat of flash floods are expected to create travel nightmares this weekend in many parts of the United States, causing flight delays and unsafe road conditions for some of th…
Obama on friendly confines of golf course as vacation starts
HONOLULU (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, hopeful of some rest and relaxation after a bruising year in politics, wasted little time getting his golf game in gear on the first full day of a two-week end-of-year family vacation to his home state of Ha…
Hollywood Park horse racing track enters final stretch
INGLEWOOD, California (Reuters) – Hollywood Park is giving horse racing fans a run for their money one last time this weekend, as the 75-year-old track near Los Angeles that was once the playground of movie industry elites closes down amid declining U….
Suspected tornadoes cause injuries, damage in Arkansas
(Reuters) – Suspected tornadoes wreaked havoc in Arkansas on Saturday, injuring several people, damaging some homes and in one case sweeping trucks off a highway, officials said.
San Francisco rail workers resolve final contract dispute
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Unionized workers and management for San Francisco’s rail system, the nation’s fifth largest, said on Saturday they have resolved a final sticking point in a labor contract dispute that lasted eight months and saw two cripplin…
Robots to the rescue at international trials in Florida
HOMESTEAD (Reuters) – As a squat, red-and-black robot nicknamed CHIMP gingerly pushed open a spring-loaded door a gust of wind swooped down onto the track at the Homestead-Miami Speedway and slammed the door shut, eliciting a collective sigh of disappo…
Four men arrested in deadly N.J. shopping mall carjacking
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Four men were arrested and charged with murder in the carjacking and death of a lawyer who was shot in front of his wife after shopping at a New Jersey mall, authorities said on Saturday.
India transfers diplomat to U.N. in bid to defuse row with U.S.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said on Saturday that it had transferred the diplomat at the center of a row with the United States to its U.N. delegation, a move that it hopes will give her protection from prosecution for visa fraud and underpaying a maid…
Snub of Boeing-made fighter rattles Missouri manufacturers
(Reuters) – Brazil’s decision not to buy the American F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet, and instead purchase an untested plane from a Swedish rival, hit the rural Missouri town of Alton this week, where Chet Sisco’s family-owned company has made parts f…
Obamas hit Hawaii for year-end vacation
HONOLULU (Reuters) – Barack Obama and family landed in Honolulu late Friday to kick off a two-week Hawaiian vacation, what the U.S. president earlier described as a chance for “sleep and sun” after a bruising year in Washington.
