Big Mac creator dies at 98
(Reuters) - The man behind one of the most recognizable fast-food sandwiches, McDonald's Big Mac, died this week at age 98.Michael James Delligatti invented the Big Mac - two beef patties on a...
View ArticlePolice in Florida arrest bank robbery suspect, free 11 hostages
(Reuters) - Police arrested a suspected bank robber and freed 11 people who were briefly taken hostage during an attempted heist at a bank in Jacksonville, Florida on Thursday, authorities said.The...
View ArticleIndiana agrees $7 million tax break to keep Carrier jobs in state: company
By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indiana state officials have agreed to give United Technologies Corp $7 million worth of tax breaks to encourage the company to keep at least 1,069 jobs at its...
View ArticleSpike in Yellowstone grizzly deaths tied to conflicts with humans
By Laura ZuckermanSALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - U.S. wildlife managers at Yellowstone National Park are reporting an unusually high number of grizzly bear deaths, 55, linked to humans this year in a trend...
View ArticleEngineer in fatal 2013 New York train crash sues railroad
By David IngramNEW YORK (Reuters) - The engineer who fell asleep at the controls of a New York commuter train that derailed in 2013, killing four people and injuring 61, has sued the railroad, alleging...
View ArticleThree killed as pickup truck crashes into Walmart store in Iowa
(Reuters) - Three people were killed and two injured on Thursday when a pickup truck crashed through the front of a Wal-Mart store in central Iowa, a state police spokesman said.The Ford pickup truck...
View ArticleA year after San Bernardino attack, investigators still seek answers
By Alex DobuzinskisLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One year after two Islamic militants shot dead 14 people in a massacre in Southern California, FBI investigators are still seeking to answer key questions...
View ArticleDeath toll from Tennessee wildfire climbs to 11
By Steve Gorman(Reuters) - The death toll from a devastating blaze in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee rose to 11 on Thursday, the highest loss of civilian life from a...
View ArticleChicago murders top 700 for first time in nearly two decades
By Timothy Mclaughlin and Renita D. YoungCHICAGO (Reuters) - Murders in Chicago have already topped 700 this year, police said on Thursday, as a surge in violence in the third largest U.S. city has...
View ArticleConnecticut's top court to hear Sandy Hook gun appeal
By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - The Connecticut Supreme Court has agreed to hear a direct appeal by families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, whose lawsuit against makers and...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Veterans' group considers pipeline law enforcement the 'enemy'
FARGO (KFGO) - A document written by a veterans group that plans to participate in the Dakota Access Pipeline protest refers to law enforcement at the protest site as "the enemy." "Veterans Stand for...
View ArticleSenator warns against simultaneous overhaul of Medicare and Obamacare
By Susan CornwellWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. Senate Republican warned his party on Thursday against simultaneously overhauling Medicare and the Obamacare health insurance program, saying this...
View ArticleFormer NFLer Joe McKnight killed in Louisiana road rage shooting
(Reuters) - Former National Football League player Joe McKnight was shot and killed on Thursday in his native Louisiana in what officials are investigating as a road rage incident.The shooting occurred...
View ArticleWalker: Wisconsin Recount is 'Fundraising Scheme'
SEYMOUR, WI (WTAQ) - As county clerks around Wisconsin started recounting ballots Thursday from last month's presidential election, Governor Scott Walker slammed the idea of the exercise."Well I think...
View ArticleTrump supports completion of Dakota Access Pipeline
By Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday said for the first time that he supports the completion of a pipeline project near a North Dakota Indian...
View ArticleU.S. state budgets to face low energy prices for years to come: Fitch
By Rory CarrollSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Low oil, natural gas and coal prices will continue to put downward fiscal pressure on states that rely on those resources to fund their budgets, ratings agency...
View ArticleChicago pension bill passes Illinois House, stalls in Senate
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago's plan to save two of its pension funds from insolvency passed the Illinois House on Thursday, but stalled in the Senate, which did not call the bill for a vote.The measure,...
View ArticleColorado mother bought gun just before she, two small sons found dead
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado mother bought a handgun hours before she and her two young sons were found fatally shot inside the family's minivan, authorities said on Thursday, adding...
View ArticleFederal government bans smoking in public housing - Slippery Slope??
(Reuters) - Smoking will be banned in all U.S. public housing as of fall 2018 to reduce the exposure of residents to secondhand smoke, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said on...
View ArticleAs winter nears, Dakota Access faces frigid weather and costly delays
By Liz Hampton and Ernest ScheyderHOUSTON (Reuters) - Delays to the Dakota Access Pipeline have added millions of dollars to Energy Transfer Partners' construction tab - but even if the line is...
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