Amtrak to cancel some D.C. to NY trains as part of summer Penn Station repairs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amtrak said on Tuesday that it would cancel three round-trip trains every weekday between New York and Washington, D.C., when it starts major repairs this summer at New York’s Pennsylvania Station.
New York City law gives fast-food workers scheduling rights
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York on Tuesday became the third and largest major U.S. city to guarantee a measure of scheduling smoothness to fast food workers, whose lives are often disrupted by last-minute changes based on their employers’ manpower needs….
U.S. stages successful test of defense against simulated ICBM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Tuesday it had staged a successful, first-ever missile defense test involving a simulated attack by an intercontinental ballistic missile, as concerns mount over North Korea’s advancing missile and nucle…
Massachusetts heroin trade crackdown leads to 30 arrests
BOSTON (Reuters) – A crackdown on Massachusetts’ heroin trade led to the arrests of 30 people on Tuesday on charges they were running a drug-trafficking ring that law enforcement officials said was one of the largest they had ever seen in the state.
U.S. starts first test of key defense against ICBM attack
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (Reuters) – The U.S. military has begun the first missile defense test involving a simulated attack by an intercontinental ballistic missile, firing off an interceptor from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a Re…
New York’s 9/11 memorial to add tribute to rescue workers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Thousands of workers who scoured the wreckage of the World Trade Center for the remains of the dead after the skyscrapers were attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, will be recognized at the memorial in New York City, officials said on Tuesd…
Deprived of popcorn at movie theater, Tennessee man assaults cop
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – A 50-year-old Tennessee man was arrested and charged with assault and disorderly conduct after he could not buy the popcorn he wanted while attending a movie, police said on Tuesday.
New Jersey town to pay $3.25 million to end lawsuits over rejected mosque
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New Jersey town will pay $3.25 million and provide anti-discrimination training to its officials to resolve allegations by the U.S. government and a Muslim group that the town illegally rejected plans for a mosque.
U.S. says expanding laptop ban ‘still on the table’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was still considering an expansion of a ban on laptops and other large electronics in airline cabins after Secretary John Kelly spoke to European officials on Tuesday, a department spokesm…
Trial opens for Minnesota officer in black motorist’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Jury selection began on Tuesday in the trial of a Minnesota police officer charged with fatally shooting a black motorist, an incident that sparked outrage after the driver’s girlfriend broadcast the aftermath widely on social m…
