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.
Intelligence leaker Chelsea Manning speaks out ahead of prison release
(Reuters) – A transgender soldier has issued her first statement since former President Barack Obama commuted her 35-year prison sentence for leaking intelligence, saying on Tuesday she wants to help others after her release from prison next week.
Ex-SEC accountant settles charges over illegal options trades
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former accountant at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday settled parallel criminal and civil charges, after he was caught illegally trading options and lying about it while employed at the agency.
Credit Suisse to add 1,200 jobs in Raleigh, North Carolina
ZURICH (Reuters) – Credit Suisse plans to add around 1,200 jobs in North Carolina, partly by moving positions from New York City, the Swiss bank said on Tuesday, as it tries to cut costs following back-to-back annual losses.
Tunnel collapses at Washington nuclear waste plant; no radiation released
(Reuters) – A tunnel partly collapsed on Tuesday at a plutonium-handling facility at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, but there was no indication workers or the public were exposed to radiation, federal officials said.
Texas border town sues over state law to punish ‘sanctuary cities’
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A small Texas town on the Mexico border filed suit in federal court on Tuesday seeking to throw out on U.S. constitutional grounds a new Texas law that aims to punish so-called “sanctuary cities.”
Prosecutors will not charge engineer in deadly 2015 Amtrak derailment
(Reuters) – Prosecutors will not file criminal charges in the 2015 derailment of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 180, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office said on Tuesday.
