Fire at Arkansas nuclear plant contained: report
(Reuters) – A fire at a nuclear plant in Arkansas operated by Entergy Corp is contained, local media reported on Monday, citing a company spokeswoman.
Cuba temporarily reopens consular services in U.S., still seeks bank
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba has temporarily reopened consular services in the United States after its bank postponed closing the accounts of its diplomatic missions in Washington and New York, it said in a statement released to media on Monday.
Trial due for Montana bride charged with shoving husband off cliff
(Reuters) – Jury selection was scheduled on Monday in the trial of a Montana bride accused of killing her new husband by pushing him off a cliff at Glacier National Park during an argument and after expressing doubts about the marriage.
After Newtown, focus of U.S. gun control battle shifts to states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the year since the massacre of 26 schoolchildren and adults in Newtown, Connecticut, efforts to pass gun legislation have stalled in the U.S. Congress but shifted to the states, helped by the deep pockets of outgoing New York …
Eleven more pilot whales found dead in Florida Keys
(Reuters) – Eleven more pilot whales were found dead in the lower Florida Keys on Sunday, believed to be from a pod of 51 that became stranded there last week, and authorities said chances were slim of finding the remaining whales alive.
‘127 hours’ adventurer arrested in Denver for suspected domestic violence
DENVER (Reuters) – Aron Ralston, whose harrowing tale of amputating his own forearm after he became trapped in a Utah canyon became a best-selling book and later a Hollywood film, was jailed in Denver on suspicion of domestic violence, court records re…
Winter storm pushes up U.S. East Coast after deep-freeze in the South
(Reuters) – A massive winter storm that left parts of Southeastern United States in a deep freeze was pushing up the East Coast on Sunday, with snow and ice snarling road travel and forcing another round of airline cancellations.
Central Florida’s suburban sprawl bumps into resurgent bears
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Guess who’s coming to dinner? In the leafy far suburbs of Orlando, the uncomfortable answer increasingly is a Florida black bear.
Four dead in apparent Connecticut murder-suicide
(Reuters) – A man suspected of shooting three women to death inside a Connecticut apartment committed suicide in front of police just moments after putting down a 13-month-old child that had been in his arms, police said on Sunday.
Cash-strapped Iranian students in U.S. hope nuclear deal will ease tuition woes
(Reuters) – When Mohammad Hamedi Rad arrived in the United States last year, he carried his Iranian passport, a hard-won student visa and a backpack containing $14,000 in hundred dollar bills, because there was no simpler way of getting money into the …
