Flooded streets and evacuations as storm pounds U.S. Northeast
BOSTON (Reuters) – Seawater poured onto some coastal streets in Boston where businesses were surrounded with flood barriers and sandbags and waves pounded homes along coastal Massachusetts as a storm packing heavy winds hit the U.S. East Coast from Mai…
Nursing home chain HCR ManorCare to sell itself in bankruptcy
(Reuters) – The second-largest U.S. nursing home operator, HCR ManorCare, will file for Chapter 11 protection in the coming days and transfer ownership to its landlord, Quality Care Properties Inc , the latest sign of distress in the senior housing ind…
U.S. makes staff reduction at Havana embassy permanent
HAVANA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Friday it would operate its Havana embassy with minimum personnel on a permanent basis from next week, given the cause of an alleged spate of health incidents affecting its diplomats in Cu…
Two shot dead in Michigan university shooting, suspect at large
(Reuters) – At least two people were shot dead in what appeared to be a “domestic dispute” at a dormitory at Central Michigan University on Friday and police were hunting for the gunman, school officials said.
U.S. seeks time to consider joining opioid litigation
(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors to give it 30 days to decide whether to participate in the litigation.
Tapping the lithium rush, Canadian miner stakes claims in Utah
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A small Canadian mining company has staked claim to mineral rights on over a hundred thousand acres of federal land in Utah since last year, hoping to tap lithium deposits from spent oil wells to feed America’s high-tech battery industry.
Flood barriers and evacuations as storm pounds U.S. Northeast
BOSTON (Reuters) – Businesses near Boston Harbor set up temporary flood barriers and piled sandbags around their doors on Friday as the northeastern United States felt the brunt of a powerful storm that threatened to flood coasts from Maine to Virginia…
Quality Care to take over HCR ManorCare as part of bankruptcy deal
(Reuters) – Quality Care Properties Inc said on Friday it is taking over its main tenant, U.S. nursing home operator HCR ManorCare, as part of a pre-arranged Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing for the nursing chain that is expected in the coming days.
Gymnast Raisman sues U.S. Olympic Committee over Nassar abuse
(Reuters) – U.S. gymnast Aly Raisman has sued the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics over former USA Gymnastics’ team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse, saying they knew or should have known about his behavior but put “money and medals” before …
Shots fired on Central Michigan University’s campus: college official
(Reuters) – Police in Michigan were responding to reports of a possible shooter on Friday inside a dormitory at Central Michigan University about 125 miles northwest of Detroit, according to the university.
