South Carolina girl dies from brain-eating amoeba
An 11-year-old South Carolina girl has died after she became infected by a brain-eating amoeba in a river where she had gone swimming, an undertaker said on Saturday.The girl, Hannah Collins, of...
View ArticleTwo dead in California skydiving accident
(Reuters) - Two California skydivers died on Saturday when their parachutes failed to open and they landed in a vineyard, the skydiving company's owner said.The men, both in their 20s, were found about...
View ArticleFive dead in apparent murder-suicide in Pennsylvania: reports
(Reuters) - Five people were found dead on Saturday in southeastern Pennsylvania in what appeared to be a murder-suicide, according to local media which cited law enforcement authorities.Five members...
View ArticleIslamic State militants claim capture of U.S. weapons in Afghanistan
By Josh SmithKABUL (Reuters) - Militants linked to Islamic State have released photos that purport to show weapons and equipment that belonged to American soldiers and were captured by the group in...
View ArticleBentley, former Congresswoman from Maryland, dies at 92
By Jon Herskovitz(Reuters) - Helen Delich Bentley, a former journalist and a U.S. Republican congresswoman from Maryland who gained global attention by smashing Japanese goods to protest Tokyo's trade...
View ArticleFamily identified in Pennsylvania murder-suicide that left five dead
By Jon Herskovitz(Reuters) - The five people who died in a murder suicide in Pennsylvania over the weekend were identified as two parents and their three children, all of whom were shot to death, a...
View ArticleWorker injured by electric shock at Marathon's Galveston Bay refinery
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A contract worker was injured by an electric shock on Sunday while working on a coking unit at Marathon Petroleum Corp's Galveston Bay refinery in Texas City, Texas, a Marathon...
View ArticleFlorida governor criticizes Washington for lagging in Zika fight
(Reuters) - Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott on Sunday accused the federal government of lagging in providing assistance to combat the spread of the Zika virus in a Miami-area neighborhood, the...
View ArticleLawmaker's young son dies in accident at Kansas water park
(Reuters) - The young son of a Kansas lawmaker died at a popular water park in Kansas City on Sunday in an apparent accident on what has been dubbed the world's tallest water slide, officials and media...
View ArticleDelta flights resume after computer crash strands passengers
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc's flights gradually began taking off again on Monday after computer systems crashed, causing planes to be grounded and leaving passengers of one of the world's largest...
View ArticlePennsylvania attorney general goes on trial in leak case
By David DeKokHARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane will go on trial on Monday on charges that she illegally leaked grand jury information to embarrass a rival,...
View ArticleHusband of Pennsylvania rock attack victim kills himself
By Laila Kearney(Reuters) - The husband of a woman who was permanently disfigured when a group of teenagers dropped a rock onto her car from a Pennsylvania highway overpass has killed himself, medical...
View ArticleTen-year-old boy on Kansas City waterslide died of neck injury: police
By Alex Dobuzinskis(Reuters) - The 10-year-old son of a state lawmaker died of a neck injury while riding the world's tallest water slide in Kansas City, Kansas, police said on Monday.Caleb Thomas...
View ArticleS&P affirms Chicago's rating in wake of pension funding plan
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's Global Ratings on Monday affirmed Chicago's credit rating, citing Mayor Rahm Emanuel's new plan to save the city's largest pension fund from insolvency with a...
View ArticleFlorida is investigating apparent new case of locally transmitted Zika
By Julie Steenhuysen(Reuters) - Florida health officials are investigating a new non-travel- related case of Zika virus in Palm Beach County, but it is not yet clear whether the person contracted the...
View ArticleSocial costs of Flint, Michigan, water crisis total $395 million: study
By Dan Whitcomb(Reuters) - The social costs stemming from dangerous levels of lead in the drinking water of Flint, Michigan, such as the effect on children's health, amount to $395 million, according...
View ArticleManhattan office leasing activity in July shows resilience
By Herbert LashNEW YORK (Reuters) - A jump in Manhattan office leasing activity in July indicates more resilience in New York's commercial real estate market than recent data has suggested, with asking...
View ArticleBizarre Sturgis Motorcycle mishap caught on video
NEAR STURGIS MOTORCYCLE RALLY, SD (KELO-AM) Famed motorcycle racer and designer Roland Sands lost control of his motorcycle Sunday night at a Sturgis Motorcycle Rally event and it fell off the stage...
View ArticleChicago Public Schools unveils 'balanced' FY 2017 budget
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago's public school system on Monday proposed a “balanced” $5.75 billion operating budget for fiscal 2017 that relies on rosy assumptions of union give-backs and added funding...
View ArticleEx-rival sues Illinois House speaker for 'dirty' election tactics
By Dave McKinneyCHICAGO (Reuters) - A vanquished challenger to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against the longtime Democratic leader, accusing him of using...
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