Briton, German identified as Arizona skydiving fatalities
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Two skydivers who died after colliding in midair and plummeting to the ground in a jump earlier this week in Arizona were a Briton and a German, police said on Wednesday.
Derailed NY train had alert mechanism, but not in driver’s car: source
(Reuters) – The New York commuter train that derailed killing four people on Sunday had a safety system designed to keep its engineer alert but it was not installed in the car from which he was controlling the train, a source familiar with the railroad…
U.S. spy agency gathers data on cellphone locations globally: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The National Security Agency gathers nearly 5 billion records a day on the location of mobile telephones worldwide, including those of some Americans, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing sources including documents …
Arctic air spreads cold, snow from Rockies to Great Lakes
DENVER (Reuters) – A powerful Arctic cold front blanketed the western and central United States on Wednesday, dropping heavy snow on the Colorado Rockies across to the Great Lakes and bringing frigid temperatures across the region.
Newtown massacre recordings reveal calm, anguish and gunshots
DANBURY, Connecticut (Reuters) – A teacher calmly explains she has been shot in the foot. Another woman, sounding anguished, pleads for help. A custodian relays information from officers at the scene to a police operator.
Ex-paramedic in Texas fertilizer blast sentenced in unrelated case
(Reuters) – A former paramedic who responded to a deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to federal pipe bomb charges unrelated to the blast, prosecutors said.
A drop in the bucket? Christie’s appraises Detroit’s art
DETROIT (Reuters) – The auction house Christie’s put a price tag on one of Detroit’s highest-profile city assets, its share of the Detroit Institute of Arts collection, stating that nearly 3,000 works controlled by the city are worth between $452 milli…
Hundreds of commuters evacuated from San Francisco area train
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hundreds of passengers on a San Francisco Bay Area commuter train were evacuated on Wednesday after a parking brake suddenly deployed in a tunnel and passengers complained of smoke inhalation, authorities said.
Growing wealth gap in U.S. cities hurting economic mobility: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. cities are increasingly divided between the rich and the poor, hampering residents’ ability to move up the economic ladder, according to a study released on Wednesday.
Live Nation to provide free concert tickets under legal settlement
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Concert promoter Live Nation Worldwide Inc. must provide free tickets and discount vouchers to hundreds of thousands of customers to settle claims that it overcharged for shows at a New Jersey arts center, a judge has rul…
