‘Bomb cyclone’ fizzles to rain across U.S. Midwest
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) – Runways were cleared, the lights came back on and stranded motorists and airline passengers were back on the move on Thursday as the blizzard that pounded the U.S....
View Article10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. BETO O’ROURKE ANNOUNCES 2020 WHITE HOUSE BID The former Texas congressman ends months of...
View ArticleNews organizations to highlight most threatened journalists
A coalition of more than a dozen global news organizations, including The Associated Press, The Financial Times and Reuters, will spotlight the world’s most threatened journalists in a new freedom of...
View ArticleVirginia state police take search for recruits to the movies
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia State Police are taking their search for new recruits to the movies. A 30-second promotional video is set to begin playing Friday at movie theaters in Virginia and four...
View ArticleTank fire sends black smoke plume across Houston
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A storage tank fire on the Houston Ship Channel sent a plume of black smoke across the eastern half of the city on Sunday forcing residents in the suburb of Deer Park, Texas, to...
View ArticleTexas petrochemical storage fire rages, may burn for two days
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) – A fire at a Houston-area petrochemical storage site continued to rage late on Monday and is expected to burn for up to two more days, officials said, sending thick...
View ArticleHouston checks air quality from Texas petrochemical fire, smoke seen miles away
By Gary McWilliams and Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) – Houston officials and environmental groups raced to expand air monitoring on Tuesday after a raging fire at a Mitsui & Co petrochemical storage...
View ArticleHouston petrochemical fire spreads, Texas expands air monitoring
By Gary McWilliams and Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) – Houston officials and environmental groups raced to expand air monitoring after a raging fire at a Mitsui & Co petrochemical storage site...
View ArticleFirefighters contain petrochemical blaze, Texas expands air monitoring
By Erwin Seba and Gary McWilliams HOUSTON (Reuters) – Firefighters late Tuesday contained a raging inferno at a Mitsui & Co petrochemical storage site outside of Houston that has been billowing...
View ArticleWDFW Approves 4-day Razor Clam Dig Beginning March 21
Razor clam diggers can return to various ocean beaches for a four-day opening beginning Thursday, March 21 and extending through the weekend. State shellfish managers with the Washington Department of...
View ArticlePetrochemical blaze near Houston extinguished, company says
By Erwin Seba and Gary McWilliams HOUSTON (Reuters) – Firefighters on Wednesday extinguished a fire at a Mitsui & Co petrochemical storage site outside Houston that has been billowing acrid smoke...
View ArticleLouisiana-owned plantation removes sign about ‘happy’ slaves
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — An official sign declaring that slaves were “well taken-care of and happy” at Louisiana’s most-visited historical site has been removed. State Parks official Brandon Burris...
View ArticleThomas speaks as U.S. high court weighs death row inmate’s race claim
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared poised to side with a black Mississippi death row inmate tried six times for a 1996 quadruple murder who accused a...
View ArticleJustice Thomas speaks as U.S. top court confronts racial bias in jury selection
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared poised to side with a black Mississippi death row inmate put on trial six times for a 1996 quadruple murder who accused a...
View ArticleCortez Masto: Perry signals commitment on plutonium removal
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto says Energy Secretary Rick Perry has indicated a commitment to provide a timeline for removing secretly shipped plutonium out of Nevada. The...
View ArticleJustice Thomas speaks as U.S. top court confronts racial bias in jury selection
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared poised to side with a black Mississippi death row inmate put on trial six times for a 1996 quadruple murder who accused a...
View ArticleJustice Thomas speaks as U.S. top court confronts racial bias in jury selection
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared poised to side with a black Mississippi death row inmate put on trial six times for a 1996 quadruple murder who accused a...
View ArticleRacist threat closes schools in Charlottesville, Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Public schools in Charlottesville, Virginia, remain closed as authorities investigate a racist threat that was posted online. News outlets report that the system’s nine...
View ArticleChemicals leak at Houston-area petrochem fire prompts new travel restrictions
HOUSTON (Reuters) – An earthen barrier holding chemicals that leaked from a massive petrochemical fire outside Houston breached on Friday, prompting restrictions on travel around the site, part of the...
View ArticleChemicals leak at Houston-area petrochem fire prompts new travel restrictions
HOUSTON (Reuters) – An earthen barrier holding chemicals that leaked from a massive petrochemical fire outside Houston breached on Friday, prompting restrictions on travel around the site, part of the...
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