Seattle employers cut hours after latest minimum wage rise, study finds
(Reuters) – A Seattle law that requires many businesses to pay a minimum wage of at least $13 an hour has left low-wage workers with less money in their pockets because some employers cut working hours, a study released on Monday said.
California to list herbicide as cancer-causing; Monsanto vows fight
(Reuters) – Glyphosate, an herbicide and the active ingredient in Monsanto Co’s popular Roundup weed killer, will be added to California’s list of chemicals known to cause cancer effective July 7, the state’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Asse…
Republican healthcare bill imperiled with 22 million seen losing insurance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty-two million Americans would lose insurance over the next decade under the U.S. Senate Republican healthcare bill, a nonpartisan congressional office said on Monday, complicating the path forward for the already-fraught leg…
Twenty-two million Americans would lose health coverage under Senate bill: CBO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty-two million Americans would lose their health insurance coverage over the next decade under draft legislation unveiled by Senate Republicans last week, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said on Monday.
Former Green Bay Packers star charged with slapping daughter
(Reuters) – Former Green Bay Packers star Ahman Green was charged with child abuse on Monday after allegedly slapping his 15-year-old daughter and shoving her into a kitchen cabinet in a dispute over dirty dishes, according to court papers.
Kentucky lawyer in $600 million fraud scheme flees U.S.: report
LOUISVILLE (Reuters) – A Kentucky lawyer who pleaded guilty to participating in a $600 million disability fraud scheme has fled to a country that does not have an extradition treaty with the United States, local media reported.
SEC wins latest round over how its judges are appointed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided U.S. appeals court handed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a victory on Monday over how it appoints its in-house judges in a decision that could pave the way for the Supreme Court to resolve the matter.
Delaware school cuts professor over post on North Korea captive
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The University of Delaware has cut ties with an anthropology professor who posted on Facebook that an American student who died last week after his release from a North Korean prison “got exactly what he deserved.”
Pharmacy executive tied to 2012 U.S. meningitis outbreak gets nine years in prison
BOSTON (Reuters) – A former Massachusetts pharmacy executive was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday after being convicted of racketeering and fraud charges for his role in a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak in 2012.
Move to rename Harlem neighborhood sparks outrage over erasing black history
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City real estate companies’ attempts to rename a Harlem neighborhood “SoHa” have enraged long-time residents of the historically black enclave, who say the move erases the community’s rich cultural history.
