Three freight trains collide near Amarillo, Texas; four injured
(Reuters) – Three freight trains collided near Amarillo, Texas, on Wednesday, injuring four crew members, two of them critically, a railroad spokesman said.
Exclusive: Hundreds of U.S. security clearances seen falsified
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors have documented at least 350 instances of faulty background investigations done by private contractors and special agents for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in recent years, illustrating what some law…
New York commuter rail line partly restores service after delays
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Metro-North New York commuter railroad resumed limited service along a major line between New York City and Connecticut on Wednesday after a power outage stopped service for more than two hours, delaying thousands of people.
California governor signs law aimed at protecting kids from paparazzi
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California bill aimed at keeping paparazzi away from the children of celebrities and supported by film stars and parents Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday.
Consumer groups sue U.S. over delay in backup camera rule
DETROIT (Reuters) – A group of consumer advocates sued the U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday for repeatedly delaying a potentially life-saving rule requiring backup cameras in new cars sold in the United States.
U.S. charity gives away $625,000 in ‘genius’ grants with no strings attached
(Reuters) – A writer of fantasy books set in swamps of Florida and a primary care doctor in New Jersey are among 24 of America’s most creative and original thinkers who will each get $625,000 “genius” grants this year, a U.S. non-profit said on Wednesd…
California wins four-week reprieve of deadline to reduce prison population
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California won an extra four weeks to reduce prison overcrowding on Tuesday as a panel of judges called a brief time out in an escalating crisis over inmate populations that Governor Jerry Brown and legislative leaders say they …
Oregon man pleads guilty to fraud in deadly 2008 helicopter crash
(Reuters) – A former aircraft maintenance director has pleaded guilty to misleading the U.S. Forest Service to help his company win a $20 million contract in a case linked to the deadliest helicopter crash involving on-duty firefighters in U.S. history…
List of missing Colorado flood victims down to just one
DENVER (Reuters) – The number of people still missing in Colorado’s devastating floods dwindled on Tuesday to just one, a woman presumed to be dead, after six others among the hundreds who had been unaccounted for notified authorities they were alive a…
U.S. Marine accused of killing prostitute in Hawaii
HONOLULU (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine has been charged in Hawaii with murdering a visiting Las Vegas prostitute who was last seen alive outside a bar in the tourist hub of Waikiki, authorities said on Tuesday.
