Christmas in Southern California: temperatures near record highs
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Unseasonably balmy weather settled over Southern California on Wednesday as a region already accustomed to celebrating Christmas without snow experienced temperatures some 15 degrees (9 degrees Celsius) above normal.
Surge of holiday packages delays UPS shipments
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A high volume of holiday packages overwhelmed shipping and logistics company UPS, the company said on Wednesday, delaying the arrival of Christmas presents around the globe and sending angry consumers to social media to vent.
Obama lauds returning troops in holiday broadcast
HONOLULU (Reuters) – President Barack Obama lauded the “service and sacrifice” of U.S. troops and military families in a holiday radio and Internet address on Wednesday, and he highlighted the service men and women who have returned home over the past …
New York ex-Governor Spitzer, wife say marriage is over
(Reuters) – Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and his wife, Silda Wall Spitzer, said they are ending their marriage, more than five years after she stood by his side as the embattled Democrat resigned from office over a prostitution scandal.
Release of 911 tapes shed more light on fatal Nevada shooting rampage
(Reuters) – The gunman who killed one doctor and wounded another before taking his own life at a Nevada urology office last week had been a patient there, and investigators are examining reports he had complained of suffering from a botched vasectomy, …
Las Vegas cabbie turns in $300,000 left in back seat: report
(Reuters) – A Las Vegas taxi driver has been hailed for his honesty after ensuring that $300,000 in cash found left in his cab was returned to its rightful owner, the Las Vegas Sun reported on Tuesday.
Utah clerks admonished to issue marriage licenses to gay couples
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Utah’s attorney general instructed county clerks on Tuesday to issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples requesting them, as ordered by the federal judge who overturned a state ban on same-sex weddings, or risk being…
California judge won’t extend order keeping brain-dead girl on ventilator
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) – Relatives of a California girl declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy lost their bid on Tuesday to extend a court order that bars a hospital from taking the child off a breathing machine without the…
Man with Arabic flashcards can’t sue agents over airport detention
(Reuters) – Federal agents who detained a college student after an airport screener found him carrying Arabic-English flashcards with such words as “bomb” and “terrorist” cannot be sued for their actions, a U.S. appeals court said Tuesday.
Mother of boy thrown by dad from NY highrise blames custody fight
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The grieving mother whose estranged husband threw their 3-year old son off a Manhattan skyscraper in a murder-suicide on Sunday said the act was his “sick” way of retaliating against her over a bitter custody dispute.
