Seattle tunnel, among world’s biggest, takes step toward completion
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Bertha, one of the world’s largest tunnel boring machines, emerged north of downtown Seattle on Tuesday shrouded in clouds of dust and chunks of falling concrete, completing the most difficult phase of a plan to build a highway under the heart of the city.
Messages show New York police surveillance of Black Lives Matter
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Documents released by the New York Police Department and published by a newspaper on Tuesday shed new light on how undercover officers surveilled organizers from the Black Lives Matter movement who were protesting police tactics.
Suspect in Ohio nightclub shooting dies: police
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – One of two men suspected of opening fire in a crowded Cincinnati nightclub, killing one person and injuring 16 others, died on Tuesday as a result of gunshot wounds suffered in the shootout, police said.
Two Florida men plead guilty to planning to help Islamic State
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – Two Florida men have pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State by planning to travel to Syria to join the militant group, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
Trump not now considering value-added tax or carbon tax: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday said it not currently considering a value-added tax and a carbon tax as part of a planned tax code overhaul as it searches for ways to fund a major tax cut.
Wise underfills potato chip bags, lawsuit claims
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The maker of Wise potato chips has been sued by two consumers who said it fills bags less than halfway, deceiving them into overpaying.
Firm settles Massachusetts probe over anti-abortion ads sent to phones
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts advertising agency has agreed not to use location technology to target women entering clinics that offer abortion with smartphone ads with messages including “You Have Choices,” state officials said on Tuesday.
NCAA again weighing North Carolina as host after bathroom law repeal
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – The National Collegiate Athletic Association said on Tuesday it will again consider allowing North Carolina to host championship games after the state replaced a law it deemed discriminatory against lesbian, gay, bisexua…
New Jersey teen pleads guilty in foiled plot to kill Pope
(Reuters) – A New Jersey teen has pleaded guilty to participating in a plot to try to kill Pope Francis in 2015 during a public Mass in Philadelphia, according to a statement by federal prosecutors.
Pennsylvania man who eluded manhunt goes on trial in trooper ambush
MILFORD, Pa. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania prosecutors showed jurors graphic images of a police officer moments after he was fatally shot in a 2014 sniper attack, during opening statements on Tuesday in the murder trial of survivalist Eric Frein.
