'Carmageddon avoided? Heavy traffic in Connecticut, but no 'parking lot' Heavy traffic was reported in southwestern Connecticut on Monday morning after thousands of New York City-bound workers from the suburbs took to the roads because a train crash last week wrecked a section of commuter-rail track.But fears that roads in the area could turn into one giant “parking lot” -- with the addition of some 30,000 commuters who normally take the Metro-North commuter rail line ...
Clock is ticking for holder of $590 million Powerball ticket The clock is ticking for the luckiest person in America.Whoever bought the winning $590 million Powerball ticket at a Publix supermarket in Florida has two months to come forward, a shorter window than in some other states.But on Monday, the winner’s identity remained a mystery — and the subject of a guessing game that everybody was playing in Zephyrhills, a city of about 13,000 outside Tampa that...
Tornadoes ravage Plains states; 1 killed, 21 hurt; More severe storms likely A vast area of the central U.S. was warned to prepare for storms on Monday, after tornadoes killed one and injured 21 in Oklahoma and also hit Iowa and Kansas.“After over 300 reports of severe weather on Sunday, another round of dangerous severe weather is expected Monday with the greatest threat once again in the southern Plains targeting Oklahoma and parts of Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas,” the ...
Connecticut governor: Roads could become 'parking lot' after train crash Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy warned that highways in the state’s southwest could turn into a giant “parking lot” at rush hour Monday if 30,000 commuters who normally take the train to New York City try to drive instead.Malloy said he expected the commute to be "extremely challenging" amid ongoing work to repair damage to the Metro-North commuter rail line caused when two trains crashed outsid...
1 killed, 21 hurt as tornadoes ravage Plains states; more severe storms likely A vast area of the central U.S. was warned to prepare for storms on Monday, after tornadoes killed one and injured 21 in Oklahoma and also hit Iowa and Kansas.“After over 300 reports of severe weather on Sunday, another round of dangerous severe weather is expected Monday with the greatest threat once again in the southern Plains targeting Oklahoma and parts of Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas,” the ...
Union of immigration enforcement officers to oppose Senate bill A union representing 12,000 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers will publicly oppose the Senate Gang of Eight immigration plan Monday, giving critics of the overhaul effort additional political ammunition as they work to defeat legislation working its way through the Senate Judiciary Committee. In a release announcing the group's opposition to the bill, National Citizenship and Imm...
