New York man dies during freedive competition in Bahamas
NASSAU (Reuters) – A record-holding diver died during a freediving competition in the Bahamas on Sunday in what officials said was the first fatality in the sport’s 21 years of official competition.
Children’s author, Barbara Park, dies of cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Barbara Park, the author of the best-selling Junie B. Jones series for children, has died at age 66 after a long battle against of ovarian cancer, her publisher said on Monday.
Fire injures three at Tennessee oil storage facility: reports
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fire broke out on Monday at an oil storage facility in Shelbyville, Tennessee, injuring three people, local media reports and the city’s fire department said.
U.S. justices won’t review intelligence court action on phone records
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would not review a ruling by the secretive intelligence court that gave the government access to records kept by Verizon Communications Inc on millions of telephone calls.
Plane evacuated in Ohio after bomb threat
(Reuters) – Passengers evacuated an American Airlines plane on the tarmac of Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday in response to a bomb threat on the plane that arrived as scheduled from Dallas, officials said.
Oswald in lens, Ruby at his shoulder as Texas cameraman filmed history
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – As George Phenix shouldered his news camera in the throng of 50 reporters crowded noisily into the basement of the Dallas Police Department headquarters, he did not notice the man in a hat standing beside him.
Supreme Court declines to hear Alabama death penalty case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a death penalty case from Alabama even though two of its members recommended that it should.
U.S. justice airs concerns about using race in picking lawyers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Supreme Court justice expressed concerns on Monday about how a federal judge required plaintiffs’ lawyers to take race and gender into account in picking their legal team.
New York man dies during freedive competition in Bahamas
(Reuters) – A record-holding diver died during a freediving competition in the Bahamas on Sunday in what officials said was the first fatality in the sport’s 21 years of official competition.
Special Report: The Pentagon’s doctored ledgers conceal epic waste
LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Linda Woodford spent the last 15 years of her career inserting phony numbers in the U.S. Department of Defense’s accounts.
