One dead, another injured after fire in NYC high-rise apartment
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 27-year-old man died and a second man was injured after a fire ignited the 20th floor of a high-rise apartment building in Midtown Manhattan on Sunday morning, officials said.
Corruption trial of Trenton, N.J., mayor starts Monday
(Reuters) – Jury selection in the corruption trial of the mayor of New Jersey’s capital city and his brother begins on Monday, in a case U.S. prosecutors say is filled with secret meetings and code names.
One dead, two injured in small plane crash at Aspen airport
(Reuters) – One person died and two others were injured when a small plane crashed at the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport in Colorado on Sunday, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s office said.
Jet lands in Kansas City to check ‘suspicious device’
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – An American Airlines jet on a cross-country flight made an emergency landing in Kansas City on Sunday after a “suspicious device” was found that turned out not to be a safety threat, an airport official said.
Billionaire Ludwig’s estate donates $540 million for U.S. cancer research
BOSTON (Reuters) – The estate of the late American shipping magnate Daniel Ludwig on Monday donated a total of $540 million to six elite U.S. cancer research facilities, making one of the largest one-time gifts dedicated to combating the disease.
One dead, two injured in small plane crash at Aspen airport
(Reuters) – One person died and two others were injured when a small plane crashed at the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport in Colorado on Sunday, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s office said.
One dead, another injured after fire in NYC high-rise apartment
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 27-year-old man died and a second man was injured after a fire ignited the 20th floor of a high-rise apartment building in Midtown Manhattan on Sunday morning, officials said.
Plane skids off runway at New York’s JFK airport, no injuries: FAA
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A plane taxiing after landing skidded off a runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport and slid into snow on Sunday, federal officials said. No injuries were reported.
‘Life-threatening’ cold bites U.S. Midwest
MILWAUKEE/COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – Residents of the Midwestern United States on Sunday braced for the region’s coldest weather in two decades, with temperatures that forecasters warned would be life-threatening seen heading eastward during the week.
Congress to begin 2014 with jobless benefits battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress begins what promises to be another highly combative year on Monday with a showdown over a White House-backed bid to renew unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans.
