Gunman shoots police officer at burning Oregon home
(Reuters) – An Oregon police officer was shot and wounded on Sunday while responding to reports of a man at a burning house brandishing a gun, authorities said.
Suspected L.A. airport gunman planned ‘suicide’ mission: congressman
(Reuters) – The suspect in a deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport wrote that he intended to die after killing at least one security officer, the head of a key congressional security committee said on Sunday, as authorities stepped up pa…
Birmingham, Alabama, airport reopens after threat proves false
(Reuters) – The Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama was evacuated for over two hours on Sunday while police investigated a bomb threat that turned out to be a false alarm, police said.
Obama, Democrats seek to make Virginia governor’s race a Tea Party referendum
ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats attempted on Sunday to tap into voter anger about a 16-day U.S. government shutdown and turn Virginia’s upcoming governor’s election into a referendum on Tea Party conservative…
Suspected L.A. airport gunman planned ‘suicide’ mission: congressman
(Reuters) – The suspected gunman in last week’s deadly attack at Los Angeles International Airport wrote a note saying he intended to die after killing at least one security officer, the chairman of a key U.S. security committee said on Sunday.
Mutai, Jeptoo win NY Marathon in Kenyan sweep
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Defending champion Geoffrey Mutai and Priscah Jeptoo won the men’s and women’s races at the New York City Marathon on Sunday for a Kenyan sweep in chilly, windy conditions through the city’s five boroughs.
Parasite depletes wild shrimp haul off southeast Atlantic coast
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Wild shrimp hauls off the southern Atlantic coast have plunged in recent months as a parasite has made it harder for the creatures to breathe, according to state wildlife officials in Georgia and South Carolina.
Insight: U.S. farm kids lavish shampoos and drugs on their prize cattle
DALLAS (Reuters) – For more than a century, ranchers and their kids have paraded cattle around the dusty show ring at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, in a rite of passage that is part farm economics, part rural theater.
Cirque du Soleil acrobat in hospital after fall at Las Vegas show
(Reuters) – A Cirque du Soleil acrobat was hospitalized after suffering injuries in a fall during a performance in Las Vegas on Friday night, just days after the Montreal-based company was fined in connection with a fatal accident in June.
Union workers approve deal with San Francisco commuter rail agency
(Reuters) – San Francisco-area unionized transit workers voted to ratify a labor agreement that ended a four-day strike last month at the fifth largest U.S. commuter rail system, officials with the agency said on Saturday.
