Augusta’s iconic Eisenhower Tree victim of winter storm
(Reuters) – Augusta National’s famed Eisenhower Tree, an iconic image at the Masters tournament, survived an attempt by the former U.S. president to have it chopped down but it could not survive a severe winter storm.
Detroit bankruptcy bond fight a watershed for municipal market
(Reuters) – The city of Detroit’s effort to declare some of its general obligation bonds as unsecured debt will be challenged in bankruptcy court Wednesday in what could be a precedent-setting turn in the largest-ever municipal bankruptcy in U.S. histo…
Lofty Los Angeles office tower launched with record concrete pour
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Construction workers in downtown Los Angeles finished laying the foundation on Sunday for a planned 73-story skyscraper expected to be the tallest west of the Mississippi River as they completed the world’s largest continuous po…
Excessive radiation levels detected at New Mexico waste site
(Reuters) – Underground sensors have detected excessive radiation levels inside a nuclear waste storage site deep below New Mexico’s desert, but no workers have been exposed and there was no risk to public health, U.S. Department of Energy officials sa…
Carbon monoxide at Baltimore-area hotel sends nine to hospital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nine people were in stable condition in hospitals on Sunday after high levels of carbon monoxide were found at a hotel near the Baltimore-Washington international airport in Maryland, fire officials said.
Two skiers lost in Colorado avalanche are confirmed dead
DENVER (Reuters) – Two skiers missing after an avalanche swept them and five others away in a slide-prone area of Colorado were confirmed dead on Sunday, authorities said.
FBI talking to Pennsylvania police over accused Craigslist killer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The FBI said on Sunday it was in contact with local police in the case of Miranda Barbour, who is charged with murdering a Pennsylvania man she lured via the website Craigslist and reportedly admits to the killing and at least 22 o…
Snake-handling preacher dies in Kentucky after being bit by snake
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – A Kentucky snake-handling preacher who appeared in a television show about the religious practice died of a snakebite after refusing medical treatment, authorities said on Sunday.
Mother, four children killed in fiery car crash in California
(Reuters) – A woman and her four children died in a fiery collision in central California after a driver failed to yield at a stop sign and slammed into their sports utility vehicle, the California Highway Patrol said Sunday.
Winter builds rare icy path to Lake Superior ice caves
(Reuters) – Crowds of people are flocking to northwestern Wisconsin to trek on a frozen-over Lake Superior to reach dramatic ice caves accessible on foot for the first time in several years, courtesy of the long frigid winter.
