U.S. House transportation panel chair says he will not seek re-election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Representative Bill Shuster, the chairman of the Transportation Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, will not run for re-election in November, he said in a statement on Tuesday.
At least 23 people injured in Bronx apartment fire
NEW YORK (Reuters) – At least 23 people, including one firefighter, were hurt on Tuesday morning after a fire tore through an apartment building in New York City’s Bronx borough, days after another blaze in the area killed 12 people, a fire department …
Republican Senator Hatch says will retire at end of current term
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, the chairman of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, said on Tuesday he would retire at the end of his current term, opening the door to a potential Senate bid by former Massachusetts Governor…
U.S. House transportation panel chair says he will not run for re-election: Washington Examiner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Representative Bill Shuster, the chairman of the Transportation Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, will not run for re-election in November, the Washington Examiner reported on Tuesday.
New York to install 1,500 more sidewalk barriers after vehicle attacks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City will install more than 1,500 new barrier posts on sidewalks and plazas to protect pedestrians from vehicles after at least two instances last year of drivers killing people after mounting the curb, Mayor Bill de Blasi…
Maryland man indicted in 2017 workplace shooting that killed three
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Maryland man accused in a 2017 workplace shooting that left three co-workers dead at a kitchen countertop company was indicted on first-degree murder charges on Tuesday, prosecutors said.
New York Ballet leader retires after claims of sexual, physical abuse
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Longtime New York City Ballet chief Peter Martins said on Monday he was retiring from the prestigious dance company and from the American School of Ballet, where he is chairman of faculty, after allegations of sexual harassment and…
Delaware to sue EPA over upwind air pollution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The state of Delaware on Tuesday said it would sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to ensure that nearby Pennsylvania and West Virginia curbed upwind air pollution from their power plants.
Northeastern U.S. gripped by record cold, snow forecast later in week
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A record-shattering arctic freeze kept its grip on the U.S. Northeast on Tuesday, closing schools and affecting travel on the first business day of 2018, and forecasters warned the region could be walloped by snow later in the week…
At least 12 people injured in Bronx apartment fire
NEW YORK (Reuters) – At least 12 people were hurt on Tuesday as a fire tore through an apartment building in the Bronx, just days after another blaze in the New York City borough killed 12 people, a New York City Fire Department spokesman said.
