Cuba is ‘huge opportunity’ for U.S. travel companies, BCG says
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba represents a “huge” but challenging opportunity for U.S. cruise, airline and hotel companies as American visitors to the Caribbean island could increase as much as sevenfold by 2025, according to a report by the Boston Consultin…
Strippers sue Colorado nightclub in labor dispute
DENVER (Reuters) – Four former exotic dancers at a Denver-area strip club sued the bar’s owner on Tuesday, claiming that instead of being paid an hourly wage they were instead charged fees to perform and made to work for tips that they had to share with other workers.
Senators on defensive over all-male healthcare panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Barely two days into crafting a new bill to roll back Obamacare, U.S. Senate Republicans were already on the defensive on Tuesday over the absence of any women in their core working group.
Former ‘Dance Moms’ star Abby Lee Miller sentenced to prison
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Former “Dance Moms” reality television star Abby Lee Miller was sentenced on Tuesday to a year and a day in prison by a federal judge in Pittsburgh for bankruptcy fraud and concealing money earned abroad.
Minnesota bishop sued for coercion over sex abuse incident
(Reuters) – A Catholic bishop in Minnesota threatened to thwart a man’s attempt to become a deacon and derail his son’s career as a priest for reporting sexual abuse by a senior church member 46 years ago, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.
Delaware legislature moves to guarantee abortion access in Trump era
(Reuters) – The Delaware state Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would keep abortion legal in the state if a future U.S. Supreme Court shaped by President Donald Trump overturns the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized it nationally.
Suspect proclaims innocence in deadly Phoenix shooting spree
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A Phoenix man accused in a string of nine murders attributed to the so-called Serial Street Shooter professed his innocence during an initial court appearance, an official video released on Tuesday showed.
New York judge halts request in Avianca Airlines shareholder spat
(Reuters) – A judge has frozen an information request by Avianca Airlines’ No. 2 shareholder, partially derailing its move to stop negotiations by top shareholder Synergy Group with United Continental Holdings Inc.
Bipartisan Illinois House group urges Senate to pass budget fix
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of 30 Illinois House members on Tuesday threw their support behind efforts in the Senate to craft a bill package aimed at ending the state’s historic budget impasse.
ACLU urges Missouri governor to veto workplace bias bill
(Reuters) – A bill that makes it harder to prove workplace discrimination will greatly erode employees’ rights and usher in a new era of racism, sexism and xenophobia in the Midwestern state, the American Civil Liberties Union said on Tuesday.
