Connecticut governor signs bipartisan state budget into law
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed a $41.3 billion, two-year state budget into law on Tuesday, nearly four months after the start of the new fiscal year in July, but vetoed appropriations in support of a new hospital tax pro…
Chicago Public Schools gets improved rating outlook from S&P
CHICAGO (Reuters) – S&P Global Ratings revised the outlook on the Chicago Board of Education’s junk credit rating to stable from negative on Tuesday, citing a boost in state and local funding for the cash-strapped school district.
Gunman in Utah campus killing also wanted in Colorado homicide
(Reuters) – Police sniper teams and armored cars converged on a canyon near the University of Utah’s Salt Lake City campus on Tuesday to search for a gunman who killed a student and is suspected in another homicide in Colorado.
U.S. states allege broad generic drug price-fixing collusion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A large group of U.S. states accused key players in the generic drug industry of a broad price-fixing conspiracy, moving on Tuesday to widen an earlier lawsuit to add many more drugmakers and medicines in an action that sent some…
U.S. Army deserter Bergdahl was efficient, conflicted: witness
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Reuters) – U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was an efficient soldier who at times seemed conflicted about his unit’s mission in Afghanistan before walking off his post in June 2009 in an act of desertion, his former squad leader testi…
Dartmouth professors investigated for alleged sexual misconduct
(Reuters) – Three Dartmouth College psychology professors are under criminal investigation over accusations of sexual misconduct, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said on Tuesday.
Puerto Rico calls on U.S. utilities to help restore power
(Reuters) – It took almost six weeks, but Puerto Rico has finally called on U.S. mainland utilities to help restore power after Hurricane Maria knocked out electric service to all of the U.S. territory’s 3.4 million residents.
U.S. states move to expand generic drug price-fixing lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A large group of U.S. state attorneys general on Tuesday moved to expand a lawsuit alleging price fixing of generic drugs to 18 companies and 15 medicines on Tuesday, including Novartis AG’s generic unit Sandoz and India-based Su…
U.S. safety board blames deadly California bus crash on sleepy drivers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal safety board on Tuesday blamed a deadly 2016 bus crash in California on two sleepy drivers and criticized the Trump administration for dropping a proposal to require that commercial drivers be screened for sleep apnea.
New Jersey sues OxyContin maker, links marketing to opioid crisis
(Reuters) – New Jersey on Tuesday sued Purdue Pharma LP, accusing the OxyContin maker of contributing to the state’s opioid crisis through deceptive marketing to doctors and patients, including the elderly and the “opioid-naive.”
