Revised Puerto Rico fiscal plan taps federal budget money
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello released a revised fiscal plan on Tuesday that will use $18 billion of additional money from the U.S. federal budget to transform the bankrupt island’s deficit into a $3.4 billion surplus withi…
Climber badly hurt in fall, others stranded on Mount Hood, Oregon
(Reuters) – A climber was critically injured after falling up to 1,000 feet (305 meters) on Mount Hood in Oregon and seven to 15 other people remained stranded on the mountain in difficult conditions on Tuesday, authorities said.
Powdery substance sent to Washington building housing Obama office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington police and fire officials on Tuesday removed a powdery substance sent to the office building where former U.S. President Barack Obama leases space, but the material was found to be harmless, the U.S. Secret Service sai…
Vornado’s Roth says he does back Hudson River tunnel project
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A billionaire real estate executive close to President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that contrary to recent news reports he believes a proposed new rail tunnel under the Hudson River connecting New York City and New Jersey is one o…
Colorado shuts down funeral home operated by body parts broker
(Reuters) – Colorado officials indefinitely shut down the funeral home and crematory this week of a woman who runs a side business selling donated body parts from the same building.
‘Chelsea Bomber’ receives two life sentences
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New Jersey man convicted of planting bombs in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood in 2016 received two life sentences on Tuesday, after expressing no remorse in a Manhattan courtroom for engineering the explosion that injured …
Southwest is sued by Arabic speaker who was removed from plane
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co was sued on Tuesday by an American citizen who came to the United States as an Iraqi refugee, and said he was removed from a California flight after another passenger became unnerved upon hearing him speak in Arabic. …
Second U.S. judge blocks Trump administration from ending DACA program
(Reuters) – A second U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s decision to end a program that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children from deportation.
Pennsylvania court set to redraw voting maps after governor veto
(Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s top court was set to lay out new congressional voting districts for the state after Democratic Governor Tom Wolf on Tuesday rejected a version drawn by Republican legislative leaders as unfairly skewed in their party’s favor….
Wyoming, Utah explore funding legal challenges to West Coast coal policies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers in coal-producing Utah and Wyoming, faced by a shrinking market for the fuel, this week introduced laws to fund legal challenges in California and Washington of policies that they believe hurt coal sales.
