Illinois bishop plans exorcism ritual to protest gay marriage
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Catholic bishop in Illinois said on Thursday he was planning prayers of “supplication and exorcism” to protest the state governor’s plan to sign same-sex marriage into law.
U.S. justices say inmate can keep beard while contesting policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Thursday said an Arkansas prison inmate should be allowed to maintain a beard while he contests the prison’s grooming policy.
Chemical plant fire prompts Detroit school evacuation
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit officials evacuated an elementary school and other buildings within a one-block radius of a chemical plant that erupted in flames on Thursday.
Fans pay tribute to rocker Lou Reed at N.Y. memorial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hundreds of fans gathered at a public memorial in New York on Thursday for rocker Lou Reed, the frontman of the 1960s band The Velvet Underground who died last month of liver disease at the age of 71.
U.S. bankruptcy judge orders Detroit financing fees disclosed
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit must disclose the fee structure of a $350 million debtor-in-possession financing agreement, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes said Thursday, turning back the city’s efforts to keep secret the cost of landing a controversia…
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.”
