Connecticut lawmakers pass budget, but governor may veto
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Connecticut lawmakers passed a $40.7 billion two-year state budget early on Saturday, but Governor Dannel Malloy could veto the legislation and leave the state racing toward severe spending cuts next month.
Hurricane Jose’s center seen staying off U.S. East Coast: NHC
(Reuters) – Hurricane Jose’s center should pass well east of the North Carolina coast on Monday and remain offshore from Virginia to New England, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in a forecast on Saturday.
California lawmakers take anti-Trump stance as session ends
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California lawmakers voted to become a sanctuary state, tussled over hot-button environmental issues and urged other states to refuse to cooperate with President Donald Trump’s Election Integrity Commission as their legis…
Protest seeks shutdown of Atlantic salmon farms in Washington state
(Reuters) – Activists in Washington state plan to launch a protest flotilla on Saturday in the Pacific Ocean’s Puget Sound over the accidental release of tens of thousands of farm-raised Atlantic salmon that they say threaten dwindling stocks of wild f…
California bill to wean power sector off fossil fuels dies for this year
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A long-shot plan to wean California’s power sector entirely off fossil fuels by 2045 was put on hold until 2018 on Saturday, as lawmakers recessed for the year without hearing the measure.
Defying Trump, California lawmakers vote to become ‘sanctuary state’
(Reuters) – California lawmakers voted on Saturday to make the most populous U.S. state a so-called sanctuary by banning police from asking for the immigration status of people who have been arrested and limiting their cooperation with immigration offi…
Police, protesters clash in St. Louis after ex-cop acquitted of murdering black man
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets during clashes with protesters in St Louis early on Saturday after a white former policeman was acquitted of murdering a black suspect.
Wisconsin jury finds girl in Slenderman case not responsible
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Wisconsin jury on Friday found that one of two Wisconsin girls accused of stabbing a classmate and friend to please a fictional character named Slenderman was not responsible for her actions during the attack because she was men…
Enterprise says fire nearly out at Texas NGL complex
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A fire broke out on Friday night at an Enterprise Products Partners LP brine pit at its natural gas liquid (NGL) fractionation and storage complex in Mont Belvieu, Texas, said a spokesman for the company.
Protesters fill St. Louis streets after ex-cop acquitted of murdering black man
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters poured into St. Louis streets on Friday, and some briefly scuffled with police, after a Missouri judge acquitted a former white police officer of murder in the 2011 fatal shooting of a black man suspected of…
