Nebraska tornado may have been EF4: weather service
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – A tornado that ripped through Nebraska, injuring 15 people and flattening buildings, may have reached a wind velocity of up to 200 miles per hour, the National Weather Service said on Saturday.
Another arrest in motorcycle gang beating on New York highway
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A third suspect was arrested on Saturday for his alleged role in last weekend’s attack on an SUV driver who was chased for miles along a Manhattan highway by dozens of bikers, police said.
Tiger bites Oklahoma zoo worker who reached into cage
(Reuters) – A tiger bit a worker at an Oklahoma zoo when she reached into its cage on Saturday and the injured woman had to be airlifted to a hospital for surgery, officials said.
Illegal immigrants allowed to practice law in California
(Reuters) – Illegal immigrants can be licensed to practice law in California under one of eight bills expanding immigrant rights that were signed by Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday.
Hobbled Tropical Storm Karen hovers off U.S. Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A severely weakened Tropical Storm Karen crept toward the Louisiana coast on Saturday after earlier fears it would reach hurricane strength prompted the evacuation of some coastal areas and disrupted U.S. energy output in the Gu…
Obama wades into debate over NFL Washington Redskins’ name
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, already embroiled in a battle over a government shutdown, jumped into another dispute on Saturday – a long-running fight over the name of the Washington Redskins NFL team.
Upper Midwest struck by unusual autumn tornadoes, snowstorm
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The upper Midwest was recovering on Saturday from an unusual autumn wallop from a fierce snowstorm that trapped dozens of people in vehicles in western South Dakota and a swarm of tornadoes that left at least 15 people injured in ru…
Midwest surveys damage from rare autumn tornadoes
(Reuters) – With daylight on Saturday, emergency responders began assessing the destruction from a series of more than a dozen rare autumn tornadoes that caused injuries and significant damage in rural areas of Iowa and Nebraska.
Four dead in U.S. plane crash on Panama-Colombia border
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Four of six passengers on a U.S. government surveillance mission died on Saturday when their plane crashed along a section of jungle on Colombia’s border with Panama known for arms and drug trafficking, Colombian military sources sai…
As U.S. struggles with health reform, the Amish go their own way
GORDONVILLE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – The debate over U.S. healthcare reform that has gripped the nation and led to a government shutdown is of small concern in rural Pennsylvania’s Amish country for a very simple reason.
