Oregon man, 20, sues Walmart, Dick’s over raising gun-buying age
(Reuters) – A 20-year-old Oregon man has sued Walmart Inc and Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. challenging their decisions to stop selling firearms to people under 21 following the Florida high school shooting massacre, an Oregon newspaper reported.
U.S. House to debate bill to reduce violence in schools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will debate bipartisan legislation next week aimed at preventing violence at schools following the Feb. 14 shooting at a Florida high school that killed 17 people, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy …
West Virginia teachers’ strike ends with 5 percent raise
(Reuters) – A strike by West Virginia teachers ended on Tuesday with a deal to raise pay for all state workers by 5 percent after more than a week of protests across the Appalachian state, the governor and educators’ union said.
McDonald’s flips to fresh beef in 3,500 U.S. restaurants
OAK BROOK, Ill. (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp said on Tuesday that it had begun serving fresh beef Quarter Pounders and other premium burgers at about 3,500 restaurants in the United States, and most of its other U.S. locations will follow suit by May.
Trial to begin over Kansas voter ID law requiring citizenship proof
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) – A trial over a Kansas law critics call illegal that requires proof of U.S citizenship from people registering to vote is set to begin on Tuesday.
Maersk says loses containers off U.S. East Coast
(Reuters) – Shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk said Tuesday between 70 and 73 containers had collapsed on a vessel off the U.S. East Coast, causing some of the containers to fall into the ocean.
Arizona felon indicted for eight murders in Phoenix area
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A convicted Arizona felon has been formally charged with eight counts of first-degree murder over a series of fatal shootings on Phoenix-area streets late last year, court documents showed on Monday. Cleophus Cooksey Jr., 35, was also charged with armed robbery, kidnapping, sexual assault and burglary during the three-week crime spree, according to a state grand jury indictment handed down on Thursday and made public on Monday.
Puerto Rico’s governor presses power utility privatization
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Rossello on Monday pressed proposals for privatizing the U.S. commonwealth’s shattered electrical grid as part of its painstaking recovery from devastating September hurricanes.
Panama court evicts Trump management from hotel in bitter spat
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – A Panamanian court on Monday evicted the Trump management team from the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama City, in an apparent victory for the hotel’s majority owner, who has fought to regain control of th…
Florida state Senate votes against arming most classroom teachers
PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida’s Republican-controlled Senate approved sweeping reforms to the state’s gun law on Monday that raise the minimum purchase age and add a three-day waiting period in response to the deadliest high school shooting in U.S…
