Strike averted at New York’s main fruit and vegetable market
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A work stoppage at a market that supplies much of New York City’s fresh fruit and vegetables was averted early on Wednesday when negotiators tentatively reached a new pay deal, the labor union and merchants’ association said.
#MeToo effect: Calls flood U.S. sexual assault hotlines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The phones at U.S. sexual assault hotlines have been ringing in record numbers as the #MeToo social movement spurs victims to reach out for help, sending organizations scrambling to keep up.
Majority of U.S. National Park Service board resigns, saying it was ignored
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – Most members of a U.S. National Park Service advisory board, appointed while Barack Obama was president, have resigned after saying they were ignored by President Donald Trump’s administration, the panel chairman said on T…
Nine charged over fraternity pledge’s death at Florida State University
(Reuters) – Nine men were charged on Tuesday over the hazing death of a 20-year-old fraternity pledge, who died of alcohol poisoning at Florida State University late last year, police said.
Aliens, apocalypse, lightning? … No, just a meteor rocking Michigan
(Reuters) – A bright meteor briefly swept across the sky over parts of the U.S. Midwest and Canada on Tuesday, weather and geology agencies said, and then caused a powerful explosion that rattled homes and onlookers.
House Republicans mull funding extension; ‘Dreamer’ deal not set
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Republicans considered on Tuesday a stopgap bill to fund the U.S. government through Feb. 16 to avert a shutdown, but the measure would not include Democrats’ demands for protections for young people brought to the United S…
Police still baffled by discovery of 13 starved, abused siblings
PERRIS, Calif. (Reuters) – Police said on Tuesday they were still seeking answers after finding 13 siblings starving in their parents’ squalid Southern California home, some of them chained to beds under “horrific” conditions in an otherwise ordinary s…
Ex-U.S. Navy officers face negligent homicide charges over ship collisions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The commanding officers of two U.S. Navy destroyers involved in deadly collisions last year in the Pacific Ocean face courts-martial and military criminal charges including negligent homicide, the U.S. Navy said in a statement on…
U.S. judge excludes 70,000 women from Sterling Jewelers sex bias lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday overturned an arbitrator’s ruling allowing about 70,000 women to take part in a nationwide sex discrimination case against Sterling Jewelers Inc even though they had not opted to join.
U.S. House panel to hold hearing on emergency alerts after Hawaii error
(Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives panel said on Tuesday it planned a hearing to review a false missile alert sent in Hawaii over the weekend that stirred panic and anger in the Pacific island state.
