Exxon Torrance crane collapse shakes refinery operations, sale: sources
By Liz Hampton and Erwin SebaHOUSTON (Reuters) - A 300-ton crane at a Torrance, California, refinery that Exxon Mobil Corp plans to sell fell onto a portion of a gasoline unit at the plant, industry...
View ArticleClosing arguments wrap up in Baltimore cop's trial over Freddie Gray death
By Donna OwensBALTIMORE (Reuters) - The Baltimore police officer being tried for murder in the death of black detainee Freddie Gray failed to ensure his safety and should have called for medical aid, a...
View ArticleSupreme Court backs police in Utah drug search case
By Lawrence HurleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday widened the ability of prosecutors to use evidence obtained by police during an unlawful stop against a defendant in court in a...
View ArticleFirefighters hold 'sleeping giant' wildfire in check in California
By Alex DobuzinskisLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A stubborn wildfire stoked by triple-digit temperatures blazed for a sixth day outside Santa Barbara in coastal Southern California on Monday as crews worked...
View ArticleOne killed, three hurt in North Dakota well explosion: AP
(Reuters) - An oil worker was killed and two others were injured at an explosion at a well owned by an Exxon subsidiary in North Dakota, the Associated Press reported on Monday.Johnny Stassinos, 52, of...
View ArticleArizona mom pleads not guilty to fatally stabbing three young sons
By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona mother pleaded not guilty on Monday to murder charges in the fatal stabbing of her three young sons, whose bodies were found stashed in a closet where...
View ArticleCalifornia power grid braces for heat wave, blackout potential
By Steve Gorman and Nichola GroomLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's power grid operators warned homes and business on Monday to conserve electricity as rising demand for air conditioning stoked by a...
View ArticleBerkshire workers comp business faulted by California regulator
By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - California's insurance commissioner on Monday said a Berkshire Hathaway Inc insurance business evaded a state law designed to protect small businesses from unexpected...
View ArticleU.S. launch offers free online university courses to refugees
By Sebastien MaloNEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Refugees worldwide will be able to take more than 1,000 online university courses for free as part of an effort to provide education and skills...
View ArticleHarvard endowment to rely more on outside managers, cuts staff
By Svea Herbst-BaylissBOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University will rely more on outside money managers to oversee the Ivy League school's $37.6 billion endowment as it scales back on making direct stock...
View ArticleGirl finds Olympic gold medal stolen from Atlanta parking lot
By David BeasleyATLANTA (Reuters) - A 1992 Olympic gold medal stolen from champion canoeist Joe Jacobi's car earlier this month in Atlanta was found by a 6-year-old girl and returned to him, he said on...
View ArticleMan arrested at Trump rally said he wanted to shoot candidate: court papers
(Reuters) - A man arrested over the weekend trying to wrestle a gun from a police officer at a Las Vegas rally held by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told an investigator he wanted to...
View ArticleSumner Redstone calls Viacom CEO claims 'offensive': filing
By Jessica Toonkel and Dan Levine(Reuters) - Viacom Inc controlling stockholder Sumner Redstone called it "offensive and untrue" to suggest that he was unduly influenced by his daughter to remove...
View ArticleJudge refuses to block Mississippi anti-LGBT law
By Curtis Skinner(Reuters) - A federal judge in Mississippi has allowed to stand a new state law that permits people to deny wedding services to same-sex couples based on religious objections.U.S....
View ArticleUber is added to surge-pricing lawsuit, could prompt arbitration
By Jonathan StempelNEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge said Uber Technologies Inc can be added as a defendant in an antitrust lawsuit against its chief executive officer over its pricing practices, an...
View ArticlePolygamous church leader escapes pre-trial Utah home confinement
(Reuters) - A leader of a Utah-based polygamous faith who has been charged in connection with a food stamp fraud and money laundering scheme has escaped from his pre-trial home confinement, officials...
View ArticleCub of well-known grizzly killed by a car in Wyoming
(Reuters) - A bear cub believed to be the offspring of Grizzly 399, one of the best-known bears in the United States, has been hit by a car and killed in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, a park...
View ArticleTeen marijuana use in Colorado found lower than national average
By Keith CoffmanDENVER (Reuters) - Marijuana consumption by Colorado high school students has dipped slightly since the state first permitted recreational cannabis use by adults, a new survey showed on...
View ArticleMother bear killed after attacking marathon runner in New Mexico
By Zelie PollonSANTA FE, N.M. (Reuters) - New Mexico game wardens on Monday tracked down and killed a black mother bear that had attacked a marathon runner this weekend in the Valles Caldera National...
View ArticleMichelle Obama joins Snapchat as 'MichelleObama'
By Angela MoonNEW YORK (Reuters) - Michelle Obama joined the popular messaging app Snapchat on Tuesday to promote her upcoming trip to Liberia, Morocco and Spain to encourage education for girls.Her...
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