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…
Student shot outside Florida high school; suspect held
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – A 15-year-old student was shot outside an Orlando-area high school on Wednesday and the suspected shooter was later taken into custody, according to the local sheriff.
Dozens of whales beached in Florida’s Everglades, 10 die
MIAMI (Reuters) – Ten whales have died and rescuers were trying to save dozens more that beached in Everglades National Park in southwest Florida, park and wildlife officials said on Wednesday.
Accused Los Angeles airport gunman ordered held without bond
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, California (Reuters) – A California man accused of opening fire at Los Angeles International Airport last month, killing a federal security screener and wounding three other people, was ordered held without bond on Wednesday, pending …
Relatives of Washington Navy Yard shooting victim sue for $37.5 million
TAMPA (Reuters) – The family of Mary Frances Delorenzo Knight, 51, who died in the Washington Navy Yard shooting in September, filed a negligence lawsuit on Wednesday against two U.S. government agencies, Hewlett-Packard, and a technology subcontractor…
High-rise developers win court protection in 9/11 WTC case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court in New York has given developers and builders of high-rises and other buildings added protection from lawsuits over property losses linked to terrorism, in a case stemming from the September 11, 2001 attacks…
Massachusetts teen pleads not guilty to killing, raping teacher
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts teenager pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges he raped, robbed and killed his high school teacher in one of the state’s grisliest crimes.
Military protester faces uphill battle in Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An anti-nuclear weapons protester from California made little headway with the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday with arguments that he should not have been prosecuted for demonstrating at a U.S. military installation because he wa…
