Houston mayor proposes ‘tight’ post-Hurricane Harvey budget
(Reuters) – Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner proposed a fiscal 2019 budget on Tuesday that tackles a $114 million deficit but does not address looming spending pressures, including the city’s share of recovery costs for Hurricane Harvey, which slammed Ho…
Jay-Z ordered to testify next week in U.S. SEC investigation
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge in New York on Tuesday ordered Jay-Z to testify on May 15 in an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission involving the sale of the rapper’s Rocawear clothing brand to Iconix Brand Group Inc.
Hawaii residents rue paradise built with ‘lava discount’
PAHOA, Hawaii/HONOLULU (Reuters) – Six days before Kilauea began erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island, residents living under one of the world’s most active volcanoes attended a community forum on preparing for emergencies.
California judge finalizes ruling on coffee cancer warnings
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles judge has finalized a ruling that Starbucks Corp and other coffee sellers must serve up a cancer warning with coffee sold in California.
U.S. Air Force orders one-day pause in flights after deadly crashes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States Air Force has ordered its aircraft to stand down for one day within the next few weeks for a safety review after a string of deadly aircraft crashes.
Trump says ethanol exports could count toward U.S. biofuels quotas: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is considering allowing exported ethanol to count towards the volumes mandated under the nation’s biofuels law, a move that could appease both Big Oil and Big Corn by cutting the refin…
Decades-long hunt for missing girls leads to Michigan farm: police
(Reuters) – Police searched a former farm outside Detroit on Tuesday for the remains of up to six teenage girls missing for decades, believing they may have been killed by a now 68-year-old man serving a life sentence for the murder of another girl, po…
Uber, U.S. Army ally to test quiet aircraft technology
DETROIT (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc said on Tuesday it would work with the U.S. Army to advance research on a novel, quiet aircraft rotor technology that could be used in future flying cars, or military aircraft.
More evacuations possible as Hawaii volcano fissures spread
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Emergency crews were poised to evacuate more people on Tuesday as fissures kept spreading from Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano, five days after it started exploding.
U.S. urges judge to force AT&T to scrap deal or sell DirecTV or Turner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In its final push, the U.S. Justice Department has urged a federal judge to stop AT&T Inc , which owns biggest pay TV provider DirecTV, from buying movie and TV show maker Time Warner Inc , or at least cut a big chunk out of the proposed $85 billion transaction.
