Lemont refinery crude unit fix may take six months: sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The fire-damaged crude distillation unit at Citgo Petroleum Corp’s 174,500-barrel-per-day (bpd) Lemont, Illinois, refinery is expected to be shut five to six months for repairs, sources familiar with operations at the refinery said …
U.S. charges man with seeking to buy missiles for Iran
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors brought criminal charges on Friday against a man they said had tried to acquire surface-to-air missiles that he planned to smuggle into Iran in a threat to U.S. national security.
Razing of Sandy Hook school massacre site begins Friday
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – The demolition of Newtown, Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 young children and six adults were shot to death last December, will begin on Friday under a cloak of secrecy meant to discourage souvenir-…
National Guard shooting suspect faced job loss, discipline
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – A National Guard recruiter accused of wounding two superiors near Memphis, Tennessee, had just been relieved of duty when he pulled a handgun from a “fanny pack” and began shooting, according to an FBI affidavit release…
Texas regulatory panel moves to bolster state power reserves
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A divided Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) on Friday moved to create a mandatory reserve margin for electricity to address a potential power shortfall in future years.
U.S. bishop may have exposed Catholics to hepatitis during Communion
(Reuters) – Catholics in North Dakota were warned to watch for symptoms of hepatitis A after a bishop with the disease served Communion at four churches, putting worshipers at risk, state officials said.
U.S. agency sets December 10-11 hearing on Asiana plane crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. transportation safety officials will hold an investigative hearing December 10-11 on the July crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 in San Francisco, in which three passengers were killed and more than 180 injured.
Toyota settles U.S. acceleration case after $3 million verdict
(Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp reached a deal on Friday to resolve a lawsuit in the United States over unintended acceleration issues, one day after a jury found the Japanese carmaker liable and ordered it to pay $3 million for defects that caused a 200…
U.S. safety agency probes Jeep Liberty fires
DETROIT (Reuters) – A U.S. safety agency is investigating complaints about drivers’ doors catching fire on the 2012 Jeep Liberty.
A year after Superstorm Sandy, federal aid trickles in
(Reuters) – A year after Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc across the eastern United States, only a fraction of the aid money earmarked for recovery has been used, in what some claim is a painfully slow and opaque process.
