Retired pitcher Roy Halladay’s plane flew low before crash: NTSB
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – Witnesses said retired baseball star Roy Halladay maneuvered his plane at low altitude before he died when it crashed off the coast of central Florida, a federal official said on Wednesday.
Con Edison to improve hiring, pay $800,000 to settle U.S. lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Con Edison will improve its hiring and training practices and pay $800,000 to settle a U.S. lawsuit claiming it discriminated against disabled employees, and wrongly required job applicants to undergo medical examinations and provi…
Maine governor says he will not expand Medicaid despite vote
(Reuters) – Maine Governor Paul LePage said on Wednesday he would not carry out an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program under Obamacare that was approved by voters unless it was fully funded by the legislature, calling it “ruinous” for the state’s…
Retired pitcher Roy Halladay’s plane flew low before crash
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – Witnesses reported that retired baseball star Roy Halladay maneuvered his plane at low altitude before the aircraft’s crash off the coast of central Florida that killed him, a federal official said on Wednesday.
Illinois gets bond proceeds, transparency act for bill backlog
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois began tackling its $16.7 billion backlog of unpaid bills on Wednesday as it received recent bond sale proceeds and enacted a law requiring more frequent spending reports by state agencies.
FBI may have lost critical time unlocking Texas shooter’s iPhone
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For about 48 hours after a deadly rampage at a Texas church, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies did not ask Apple Inc to help them unlock the gunman’s iPhone or associated online accounts, a person familiar …
Texas and Florida due to execute men for 1990s murders
(Reuters) – Two states are scheduled to execute convicted murderers on Wednesday night, one who would be the third executed in Florida since August and one whose planned execution in Texas has raised the ire of Mexican officials and two United Nations …
U.S. Air Force Academy says black student wrote racial slurs
(Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force Academy said a black cadet candidate at its preparatory school wrote the racist remarks that targeted him and four others and prompted the academy’s leader to tell cadets to “get out” if they could not be tolerant.
U.S. House panel advances bill aimed at limiting NSA spying program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House panel on Wednesday passed legislation seeking to overhaul some aspects of the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program, overcoming criticism from civil liberties advocates that it did not …
Minnesota Senate may halt operations on Dec. 1 due to funding dispute
(Reuters) – The Minnesota Senate will furlough its workers and suspend operations as soon as Dec. 1 due to an ongoing funding dispute with Governor Mark Dayton, the chamber’s Republican leader announced on Wednesday.
