Fire hits crude unit at Northern Tier Minnesota refinery
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A Sunday morning fire hit a crude oil unit at Northern Tier Energy’s 81,500 barrel per day (bpd) St. Paul Park, Minnesota, refinery, according to a statement issued by the company.
Transgender girl crowned homecoming queen at California school
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 16-year-old transgender girl said on Sunday she experienced “ultimate joy” when it was announced she would be crowned homecoming queen at her Southern California high school.
Wealthy Chinese seek U.S. surrogates for second child, green card
(Reuters) – Wealthy Chinese are hiring American women to serve as surrogates for their children, creating a small but growing business in $120,000 “designer” American babies for China’s elite.
U.S. Navy helicopter crashes in Red Sea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy helicopter crashed in the central Red Sea on Sunday with five military personnel on board, a statement from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said.
Democrats, Republicans expect to avert U.S. government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Key Democrats and Republicans said on Sunday that they expect a bitterly divided Congress to somehow come together and avert a U.S. government shutdown in eight days.
NRA chief criticizes Navy Yard for being ‘unprotected’ before mass shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A National Rifle Association leader criticized the Washington Navy Yard on Sunday for being “unprotected” last week when a mass shooting left 13 dead, including the shooter.
Clinton mulls idea of White House run, aware of ‘challenges’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton acknowledges that she is wrestling with whether to run for the U.S. presidency in 2016, well aware of the “political and governmental challenges” she would face if she wins.
Small plane makes emergency landing on Chicago expressway
(Reuters) – A pilot of a small plane was forced to make an emergency landing early on Sunday on a busy Chicago expressway that skirts Lake Michigan after waiting for a gap in the traffic, authorities said.
North Dakota town ready for trouble as white supremacists stake claims
BISMARCK, North Dakota (Reuters) – Grant County Sheriff Steve Bay is ready for fireworks if clashes break out between a band of neo-Nazi white supremacists and protesters determined to keep them from taking over the tiny North Dakota town of Leith.
Citing shootings, Obama says must ‘go back at’ gun-control push
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama urged supporters on Saturday to “go back at it” and pursue gun-control measures after mass shootings in Washington and Chicago in the past week put the spotlight back onto the problem of gun violence in the…
