Amtrak train crashes into car in Virginia, driver hurt
(Reuters) – An Amtrak train collided with a car in eastern Virginia early Thursday, injuring its driver, after the motorist ignored warning signals of the approaching train and tried to drive around the crossing bar, police said.
U.S. wildlife managers urge lifting Yellowstone grizzly protections
(Reuters) – Federal and state wildlife managers of grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park area recommended on Wednesday that U.S. Endangered Species Act protections be lifted for the animals, a decision that would open the way for them to be hu…
Washington’s American University lifts lockdown, no arrest
(Reuters) – American University on Wednesday lifted a lockdown triggered by the report of a man with a gun on campus after an investigation found that the suspect was an off-duty police officer with a gun, according to D.C. Police.
Missouri executes man for killing good Samaritan motorist in 1994
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Missouri on Wednesday executed a man convicted of killing a motorist who had stopped on a highway to help him and two others whose car had broken down in 1994.
For some Obamacare shoppers, a brief grace period on premiums
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As a deadline approaches for people to sign up for medical insurance under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, some insurers and state-run online marketplaces are giving shoppers an extra week to pay their first premiums.
California man suspected of slaying wife, then sister in possible mercy killing
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California man killed his ailing wife in their home and later walked into a Los Angeles convalescent hospital on Wednesday and shot to death his 58-year-old invalid sister in a possible mercy killing, police said.
Federal judge sets hearing for Texas same-sex marriage case
DALLAS (Reuters) – A federal judge has agreed to hear a case filed by two same-sex couples in Texas seeking to overturn a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, their lawyer said on Wednesday.
In Arkansas, crucial Obamacare hub draws little notice
ROGERS, Arkansas (Reuters) – In an unmarked building on the outskirts of this old railroad town, hundreds of workers are going about the unglamorous work of expanding the United States’ social safety net.
California given two-month extension to reduce prison crowding
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – California will have an extra two months to reduce crowding in its prison system, a panel of three federal judges ruled on Wednesday, in the latest twist in a decades-long dispute over conditions and medical care for …
As U.S. gov’t cuts back on biofuel, some rue ‘collateral damage’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ben Wootton was just getting ready to bring his company out of bankruptcy last month when word from Washington stopped him in his tracks.
