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Record freeze settles into eastern United States, disrupts travel

By using Victoria Cavaliere and Ian Simpson NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A lethal blast of arctic air shattered a long time-previous temperature records because it enveloped the eastern United States on Tuesday, canceling lots of flights, using power costs higher and overwhelming shelters for homeless folks. New York’s Important Park […]

 
 

JetBlue resumes flights at New York, Boston airports

JetBlue resumes flights at New York, Boston airports

(Reuters) – JetBlue Airways on Tuesday said it resumed departures from New York and Boston after shutting down operations in those cities on Monday as chilly weather hobbled its community. The provider had suspended flights at John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty airports in the New York area and […]

 
 

Powerful storm brings Arctic cold, snow to U.S. Northeast

Via Victoria Cavaliere and Ian Simpson NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The primary major iciness storm of 2014 bore down on the northeastern United States on Thursday with heavy snow, Arctic temperatures and powerful winds simply as many individuals had been getting back from holiday breaks. The double-barreled storm machine stretching […]

 
 

Threatening snowstorm may be early test for N.Y. Mayor de Blasio

Via Edith Honan NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is coming into Metropolis Hall with a sweeping mandate to address the town’s most vexing issues, from economic inequality to police and community family members. A winter storm that’s because of hit on Thursday, de Blasio’s second […]

 
 

Jihad Jane: Despite cooperation, U.S. seeks ‘decades’ in prison

Jihad Jane: Despite cooperation, U.S. seeks ‘decades’ in prison

Through John Shiffman WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pennsylvania lady who known as herself Jihad Jane and a teenage accomplice from Maryland supplied "very significant" assistance to U.S. authorities in a few terrorism investigations however nonetheless continues to be a danger to the public, prosecutors say in new court filings. Prosecutors […]

 
 

Air clearing after smoky rail crash in North Dakota town

With the aid of Alicia Underlee Nelson CASSELTON, North Dakota (Reuters) – Exams of air over a small North Dakota town shrouded in smoke from a fiery oil train crash exhibit that the pollution degree is shedding and residents who were evacuated may be capable of go residence soon, authorities […]

 
 

Four people found slain in apparent murder-suicide in California

Two adults and two children believed to be family members were discovered shot to loss of life in a Southern California home in what police are investigating as a suspected triple homicide and suicide, police mentioned on Tuesday. Police have been called to the home in Fontana, about 50 miles […]

 
 

Brain-dead California girl ordered kept on ventilator for week longer

Brain-dead California girl ordered kept on ventilator for week longer

By using Laila Kearney OAKLAND, California (Reuters) – The household of a California lady who was once declared mind lifeless after complications from a tonsillectomy received an eleventh-hour court order on Monday requiring doctors to maintain her related to a breathing machine for a minimum of another week. Beneath the […]

 
 

Brain-dead girl has Monday deadline to go off life support

(Reuters) – A thirteen-yr-previous California girl declared mind lifeless after issues from a tonsillectomy can also be far off from lifestyles make stronger on Monday. Jahi McMath has been with out mind operate and on a ventilator for higher than two weeks at Youngsters’s Medical institution in Oakland, California. Home […]

 
 

Man suspected of killing Colorado family captured in Oklahoma

Man suspected of killing Colorado family captured in Oklahoma

A man suspected of capturing useless a domestic of three and surroundings their Colorado residence on fire was captured in an Oklahoma hotel after a month-long manhunt, authorities mentioned on Sunday. Harry Carl Mapps, 59, used to be arrested in Roland, Oklahoma on Saturday night time. He was wished on […]

 
 

Slain Phoenix bank robber was alleged cop killer who threatened Obama

A person killed through police after robbing an Arizona bank is believed to be the same suspect who killed a police officer in Mississippi just five days past, authorities mentioned on Sunday. According to federal court data, the person had also served a brief prison term for threatening to kill […]

 
 

Connecticut police release Newtown massacre documents

Connecticut police release Newtown massacre documents

Connecticut state police launched a trove of paperwork and video on Friday tied to their investigation of the bloodbath at Sandy Hook Basic School closing yr that killed 20 children and 6 adults. The paperwork embody footage of the school facade, together with close-up pictures of bullet-shattered windows, and a […]

 
 

Detroit pension funds seek expedited bankruptcy appeal

Detroit pension funds seek expedited bankruptcy appeal

Detroit’s two pension cash have asked the U.S. sixth Circuit Courtroom of Appeals to listen to an expedited enchantment of a judge’s ruling that the city is eligible for chapter safety. Detroit’s two greatest unsecured creditors, filed the attraction with the 6th Circuit late Thursday. The expedited attraction would bypass […]

 
 

U.S. judge says NSA phone surveillance is lawful

U.S. judge says NSA phone surveillance is lawful

By way of Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal decide dominated that a National Security Company software that collects data of tens of millions of Americans' phone calls is lawful, calling it a "counter-punch" to terrorism that does not violate Americans' privateness rights. Friday's decision through U.S. District […]

 
 

Gay marriages proceed in Utah as judge refuses to block ruling

Gay marriages proceed in Utah as judge refuses to block ruling

By way of Jennifer Dobner SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Similar-sex marriages were allowed to proceed in Utah after a federal choose on Monday refused to block his personal ruling making homosexual marriage legal within the state. U.S. District Decide Robert Shelby, who ruled closing week that Utah's ban on […]