Texas boy spells ‘koinonia’ correctly, wins Scripps National Spelling Bee
OXON HILL, Md. (Reuters) – Karthik Nemmani of McKinney, Texas, won the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, taking home a $40,000 cash prize after beating the same speller who defeated him at his countywide bee in February.
Mandatory evacuation ordered as Hawaii eruption hits four-week mark
HONOLULU (Reuters) – The Hawaii community hardest hit by the Kilauea Volcano was ordered sealed off under a strict new mandatory evacuation on Thursday as the eruption marked its fourth week with no end in sight.
CPUC approves $738 million for transport electrification projects
(Reuters) – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Thursday said it would invest $738 million in transportation electrification projects across the state, as a part of its 2030 goal for clean air and greenhouse gas reduction.
Boeing workers vote for ‘micro-union’ at South Carolina plant
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A small group of workers at Boeing Co’s South Carolina jetliner factory voted Thursday to unionize but the planemaker announced it would challenge the legality of the bargaining unit.
Savings from Illinois’ pension buyout plan could fall short
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois might not be able to bank on all of the $423 million in much-needed pension savings from a buyout plan included in a fiscal 2019 budget that received final approval in the state legislature on Thursday, government finance e…
Sixteen contenders to face off in final of U.S. spelling bee
OXON HILL, Md. (Reuters) – Coolly acing such obscure words as “staphylinid,” “amphipneustic” and “synecphonesis,” 16 young contestants made it to the final round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday after five hours of tense competition.
Mueller probe spent $4.5 million from October to March: Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team investigating suspected Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election spent $4.5 million between October last year and March 2018, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.
Judge declares mistrial in former New York local official’s bribery case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A judge on Thursday declared a mistrial in the case of a former New York town official accused of taking bribes, after a jury failed to reach a verdict following nine days of deliberations, according to a spokesman for prosecutors….
Special Counsel Mueller’s Russia probe spent $4.5 million from October to March: Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation team spent $4.5 million between Oct. 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018, the Justice Department said on Thursday.
Illinois budget speeds through legislature, heads to governor
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Illinois House gave final legislative approval on Thursday to a $38.5 billion fiscal 2019 budget that will now head to Governor Bruce Rauner, avoiding the political stalemate that had plagued the state in previous years.
