Fire at Michigan ski lodge injures a dozen people
(Reuters) - A blaze in the middle of the night at a northern Michigan ski lodge on Sunday injured 12 people, the Boyne Highlands Resort said, calling it a "significant structure fire."At the time of...
View ArticleMidwest snow storm grounds hundreds of Chicago flights
(Reuters) - Hundreds of flights into and out of Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports were canceled on Sunday as a winter storm system dumped moderate to heavy snow on the Upper Midwest and Lower Great...
View ArticlePilot in deadly Texas balloon crash had drugs in system
(Reuters) - The man piloting a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas in July, killing himself and 15 others, tested positive for opioids and also had a history of drug or alcohol related traffic...
View ArticleExclusive: New York City train tunnel project could tie up traffic for three...
By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - Traffic jams could afflict New York City’s heavily traveled West Side Highway for three years as a multibillion-dollar train tunnel is built under the Hudson River,...
View ArticleMan convicted of manslaughter in death of ex-NFL star
(Reuters) - A jury on Sunday night found a Louisiana man guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of retired NFL player Will Smith, following an April vehicle collision in New Orleans.Cardell...
View ArticleNo security threat at U.S. Capitol Visitor Center: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police in Washington on Monday said there was no security threat at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center building, and that related announcements were linked to a police exercise.The...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court rejects AIG ex-CEO Hank Greenberg's appeal
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected former American International Group CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg's bid to escape civil fraud charges in New York...
View ArticleU.S. top court rejects trade group's challenge to Colorado tax
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Colorado law dubbed the "Amazon tax" designed to make it easier for the state to collect sales taxes on...
View ArticleGreen Party U.S. election recount bid comes to a close
By Joseph Ax(Reuters) - The recount effort by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein in three U.S. states came to an end on Monday, after weeks of legal wrangling yielded only one electoral...
View ArticleAmEx to increase family benefits for U.S. employees
(Reuters) - American Express Co said on Monday it would increase parental leave and family benefits for U.S. employees from January, joining a list of big U.S. financial companies that have done so...
View ArticleLiberal U.S. justice questions death penalty as court spurns cases
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected appeals by a convicted murderer who said he should not be executed because Ohio tried unsuccessfully to put him to...
View ArticleEight-year-old Arkansas boy killed by tombstone while playing in cemetery
(Reuters) - An 8-year-old Arkansas boy playing in a church cemetery was killed when a gravestone he was climbing on broke apart and crushed him, police said on Monday.The boy had been attending a...
View ArticleMcConnell will not give timeline for Obamacare replacement
By Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday the Senate will move to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare law shortly after Jan. 1, but...
View ArticleU.S. congressman from Pennsylvania gets 10 years' prison for fraud
By Joseph Ax(Reuters) - Former U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah, who served in Congress for more than 20 years, was sentenced on Monday to 10 years in federal prison for orchestrating a series of...
View ArticleCalifornia man accused of hate crime in stabbing near mosque
By Steve GormanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man has been arrested on suspicion of committing an anti-Muslim hate crime and another was being sought by authorities after the weekend stabbing of a worshiper...
View ArticleU.S. charges two New Jersey traders over $26 million scheme
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have charged two financial traders in New Jersey over a stock manipulating scheme that netted the pair more than $26 million, the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
View ArticleDylann Roof made lists of South Carolina churches before attack: testimony
By Harriet McLeodCHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Investigators searching the car of South Carolina church shooting suspect Dylann Roof last year found handwritten lists of mostly black parishes around the...
View ArticleAbortion providers sue Texas over new rules for fetal tissue disposal
By Jim ForsythSAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Several abortion providers sued Texas in federal court on Monday to halt a new regulation that requires them to dispose of aborted fetal tissue either...
View ArticleCherokee Attorney General rules gay marriage bans unconstitutional
(Reuters) - The Cherokee Nation's Attorney General has issued an opinion declaring bans on same-sex marriage to be in violation of their tribal constitution, documents show.The move comes more than a...
View ArticleMontana will not appeal 60-day imprisonment for man who raped daughter
By Sharon Bernstein(Reuters) - Prosecutors in Montana will not appeal a controversial 60-day jail sentence for a man who admitted to raping his 12-year-old daughter, in the latest case that has...
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