Four charged with dereliction in U.S. Navy divers’ deaths
(Reuters) – Four U.S. Navy sailors were charged with dereliction of duty on Wednesday in the death of two divers during a training exercise in Maryland earlier this year.
Fire out, no service impact from Oklahoma pipeline blast
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A natural gas pipeline fire in rural northwest Oklahoma was extinguished on Wednesday morning with no injuries reported, and the company that owns it, Northern Natural Gas, is working to determine the cause of the blast, a com…
Arizona says it executed man convicted of 1978 strangling death
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona inmate convicted of strangling a 74-year-old man to death and fleeing in the victim’s new Cadillac more than three decades ago was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday.
Pennsylvania highway crash kills one, injures dozens
(Reuters) – One woman was killed and dozens of people injured when a Greyhound bus hit the back of a tractor-trailer early Wednesday morning on a central Pennsylvania highway, police said.
Son of ex-Red Sox player pleads not guilty to murder
BOSTON (Reuters) – The son of a former Boston Red Sox player and broadcaster has pleaded not guilty to charges he stabbed his girlfriend to death in their apartment outside Boston.
U.S. allows families of embassy staff to return to Beirut
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday that family members of its embassy staff in Beirut may return to Lebanon, in a sign the volatile security environment has improved.
Striking school bus drivers in Boston return to work
BOSTON (Reuters) – School bus drivers in Boston returned to work on Wednesday after a one-day wildcat strike that drew criticism from both Mayor Thomas Menino and the drivers’ own union.
State Obamacare markets attract tens of thousands of customers
(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of uninsured people have begun to sign up for health coverage through online Obamacare private insurance marketplaces in California and New York, officials said on Tuesday, while problems still plagued the federal online s…
Undercover officer arrested in probe of New York motorcycle gang beating
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An undercover New York detective was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged role in the attack on an SUV driver who was chased for miles along a Manhattan highway by dozens of motorcycle riders, police said.
Third Colorado lawmaker faces possible recall for gun control votes
DENVER (Reuters) – Following the recall of two Democratic state senators in Colorado last month over their support for gun control laws, a third faces possible ouster, an outcome that would shift control of the state Senate to Republicans.
