Three children killed in Louisiana trailer park fire
(Reuters) – Three children were killed and their father seriously burned when a mobile home caught fire in the early hours of Christmas day in Houma, Louisiana, a local newspaper reported on Thursday.
American held by al Qaeda in Pakistan urges Obama for help
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A U.S. development worker kidnapped in Pakistan by al Qaeda two years ago appealed to President Barack Obama to intervene and help negotiate his release, in a video released on Thursday.
Obama thanks troops for service on Christmas visit to base
KANOEHE BAY, Hawaii (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and wife Michelle thanked U.S. troops for their service on Wednesday during a Christmas Day visit to Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kanoehe Bay.
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…
