Fire at chemical plant on Detroit’s east side prompts evacuations
DETROIT (Reuters) – A fire at a chemical plant on Detroit’s east side on Thursday has prompted officials to evacuate people, including elementary school students, from the area due to concern about hazardous materials.
Military says ordnance blast killed four U.S. Marines in California
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – An explosion of live ordnance caused Wednesday’s accidental deaths of four U.S. Marines while they were conducting routine maintenance in an artillery zone at Camp Pendleton in California, a base spokesman said on Thursday.
Chevron pipeline explodes, burns in rural Texas
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A Chevron Corp pipeline exploded near a tiny Texas town south of Dallas on Thursday, shooting flames high in the air and prompting evacuations from nearby homes and a school district, but no injuries were reported, the company and e…
Two companies fined $397,000 in fatal Philadelphia building collapse
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Two construction companies were fined the maximum total of $397,000 for failing to follow “basic safety precautions” that could have prevented a building collapse that killed six people in a thrift store, a federal officials sa…
Mobster ‘Whitey’ Bulger sent to prison for life for ‘unfathomable’ crimes
BOSTON (Reuters) – Bringing an end to Boston’s longest-running crime saga, a federal judge on Thursday sentenced former mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger to spend the rest of his life in prison, calling his crimes “almost unfathomable.”
Police shoot armed man during arrest at Wisconsin hospital
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Police shot and wounded a man armed with a handgun in the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin on Thursday as he fled officers who were seeking to arrest him, sparking a lockdown at the hospital, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke …
Sinkhole destroys two Florida homes, forces people to evacuate
(Reuters) – A sinkhole swallowed parts of two houses on Florida’s west coast on Thursday and seven nearby homes were evacuated as it continued to expand more than six hours after being discovered, a local official said.
California takes down 10 fake Obamacare websites
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – Authorities in California shut down 10 fake Obamacare websites, amid nationwide concern among law enforcement officials about potential fraud during the program’s rollout, the state’s attorney general said on Thursday…
California takes down 10 fake Obamacare websites
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – Authorities in California shut down 10 fake Obamacare websites, amid nationwide concern among law enforcement officials about potential fraud during the program’s rollout, the state’s attorney general said on Thursday…
Investment adviser pleads guilty to trying to defraud NBA union
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The founder of an Ohio firm that provided investment advice to the National Basketball Association players’ union pleaded guilty Thursday to a $3 million fraud scheme and lying to a grand jury.
