U.S. black lung fund will need taxpayer bailout if coal tax falls: GAO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal fund to help U.S. coal miners disabled by black lung disease will require a multibillion-dollar taxpayer bailout if Congress does not extend or increase the tax on coal production that funds it, according to a governmen…
Supreme Court backs Christian baker who spurned gay couple
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory on narrow grounds to a Colorado Christian baker who refused for religious reasons to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, stopping short of setting a major precedent allowing peo…
Florida school massacre survivors ready voter registration push
(Reuters) – Survivors of this year’s deadly Florida high school shooting are kicking off a 75-stop bus tour this month intended to register people to vote with the aim of building electoral support for reforms to U.S. gun laws, organizers said on Monda…
Supreme Court hands narrow win to baker over gay couple dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a narrow victory to a Christian baker from Colorado who refused for religious reasons to make a wedding cake for a gay couple.
Supreme Court throws out immigrant teen abortion ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling that let a pregnant illegal immigrant minor held in federal immigration custody obtain an abortion last year at age 17 over the objections of President Donald Trump’…
Former State Street executive faces U.S. fraud trial
BOSTON (Reuters) – A former executive at State Street Corp is set to face trial on U.S. charges that he participated in a scheme to defraud the bank’s clients by charging them secret commissions on billions of dollars in trades.
California city fights poverty with guaranteed income
(This June 4 story was refiled to correct spelling of name, title of source in paragraph 21)
Cracked windshield forces American Airlines emergency landing
(Reuters) – A hail storm cracked the windshield of an American Airlines jetliner headed to Phoenix and forced it to divert to El Paso, Texas, Sunday night, officials said.
Rains fail to quench western U.S. wildfires
(Reuters) – Rains fell on two massive wildfires in the U.S. southwest but it was not enough to quench the fires that were burning through thousands of acres in New Mexico and Colorado early Monday, officials said.
Woman armed with pellet gun prompts brief shutdown of San Diego marathon
(Reuters) – A woman wielding a pellet gun prompted police to briefly shut down San Diego’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon on Sunday and halt thousands of runners before she was taken into custody, officials said.
