Penn State student dies after fall from ninth-floor balcony
(Reuters) – A Penn State University student died early on Saturday after falling from the ninth-floor balcony of an off-campus apartment, police said.
Obamas, Clintons to lay wreath at JFK’s grave in 50-year remembrance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will join former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday in a wreath-laying ceremony at John F. Kennedy’s grave to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his assassina…
U.S. foster parent charged after child found with dead chicken around neck
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – A North Carolina social worker has been charged after her 11-year-old foster child was found chained to the porch of her home with a dead chicken hanging around his neck, a sheriff’s official said on Saturday.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner to join private equity firm
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who played a major role in combating the global financial crisis, is joining private-equity firm Warburg Pincus as president and managing director, the firm said on Saturday.
San Francisco rail board wants to reopen talks, angering unions
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Managers of the San Francisco-area commuter rail system said on Friday they wanted to reopen talks on part of a deal that ended a crippling October strike, drawing an angry response from unions.
Occupy Seattle member beats 16-year incumbent to City Council job
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle residents have elected a political newcomer and member of the populist Occupy Seattle movement to their City Council, favoring a champion of a $15 minimum wage and tax on millionaires over a 16-year council veteran.
Oswald in lens, Ruby at his shoulder as Texas cameraman filmed history
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – As George Phenix shouldered his news camera in the throng of 50 reporters crowded noisily into the basement of the Dallas Police Department headquarters, he did not notice the man in a hat standing beside him.
Indiana’s Ball State ‘all clear’ after no gunman found
(Reuters) – Ball State University lifted a warning to shelter in place on Friday evening after a three-hour police search prompted by an individual shouting “gun” turned up no evidence of a gunman on the Muncie, Indiana, campus.
San Francisco becomes Gotham City for boy who battled cancer
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco on Friday morphed into a Gotham City wonderland, where caped crusaders fought mischievous villains aboard cable cars and on sidewalks, for a little boy who celebrated his win against cancer by becoming “Bat Kid” …
Man who plunged from small plane off Miami presumed dead: police
MIAMI (Reuters) – A day-long search failed to find a man who is presumed dead after he was reported to have jumped or fallen from a small private airplane as it flew off the coast of the Miami area, authorities said on Friday.
