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- Shooting death of gay man rocks New York's cradle of gay rights
By Anna Hiatt NEW YORK (Reuters) - Greenwich Village, the birthplace of the U.S. gay rights movement, remained in shock on Sunday over the shooting death of a gay man by a gunman who police said uttered anti-gay slurs before targeting the victim. Mark Carson, 32, was shot dead in Greenwich Village around midnight on Friday in what police are calling a hate crime. Others say it could be a backlash against the recent advance of gay marriage laws across the United States. ...
- Trace volcano ash reaches small Alaska city
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Trace amounts of ash from a remote Alaska volcano have fallen on an Aleutian Islands community, but the latest ash cloud remained just under the 20,000-foot threshold considered to be a major threat to trans-continental aircraft.
- NTSB looking at broken rail
Nine people remained in the hospital -- one in critical condition -- two days after a commuter train derailed and struck another train on one of the busiest tracks in the country, officials said Sunday.
- Dark clouds hang over air shows after budget cuts
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — Patty Wagstaff is a Hollywood stunt pilot, three-time U.S. aerobatic champion, inductee to the National Aviation Hall of Fame and favorite on the air show circuit. One of her tricked-out planes is on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
- Huma Abedin Had an Incredibly Sweet Deal at the State Department
Huma Abedin remained Hillary Clinton's deputy chief of staff when she came back from maternity leave in June 2012, even though she worked part-time from her home in New York and was allowed to start a side gig as a consultant. Abedin was paid $135,000 by the State Department in 2012 as a "special government employee," Politico reports. ...
- Alaska volcano 'fountaining' with fire
Alaskans and air travelers remained on alert Thursday due to the rumblings of a more than 8,000-foot volcano that has already emitted a "continuous ash, steam and gas cloud" that extends up to 60 miles away.
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