New Jersey mayor charged with corruption in warehouse scheme
(Reuters) – The mayor of Paterson, New Jersey, has been indicted on public corruption charges accusing him of conspiring to put city employees to work at a warehouse leased by his relatives in a scheme to furnish free labor to his family at taxpayers’ …
Hazardous cargo train derails in New York state but cars unbreached
(Reuters) – A CSX Corp freight train containing hazardous materials partially derailed in the area of Newburgh, New York, on Tuesday, but the cars with dangerous substances appear to have been unbreached, an official with the railroad company said.
U.S. attorney general vows to examine Eric Garner case: rights groups
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. civil rights leaders said Attorney General Jeff Sessions promised on Tuesday to examine the status of a federal probe into the case of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man whose 2014 death at the hands of New York City police s…
Chicago hospital system scraps merger over U.S. antitrust concern
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NorthShore University HealthSystem said on Tuesday it was scrapping plans to merge with another Chicago hospital system after losing a court fight with U.S. antitrust regulators who said the merged hospital system would control m…
Four killed when freight train hits bus in Mississippi
(Reuters) – A freight train slammed into a charter bus at a railroad crossing in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Tuesday, killing four people on the bus and leaving dozens injured, officials said.
Arrested Mexican ‘dreamer’ immigrant seeks new U.S. legal channel
(Reuters) – Attorneys for a Mexican immigrant in Seattle, who has permission to work in the United States, are hoping to convince a federal judge to hear a challenge to his immigration arrest and bypass U.S. immigration courts.
U.S. congressman stirs backlash over healthcare versus iPhone comment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican congressman who said on Tuesday that some Americans should choose between spending on a new iPhone and healthcare sparked a social media backlash from people who accused him of being out of touch.
New Orleans Confederate monuments can come down: U.S. court
(Reuters) – New Orleans can remove several high-profile monuments honoring leaders of the Confederacy, a U.S. appeals court has ruled, but critics of the decision vowed on Tuesday to keep fighting to retain them.
On Women’s Day eve, statue of girl stares down Wall Street bull
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As many American women prepare to draw attention to their role in the workplace, a Wall Street firm on Tuesday put up a statue of a girl in front of Lower Manhattan’s well-known bronze charging bull, as if to fearlessly stare it do…
Illinois’ deficit grows to $9.6 billion in fiscal 2016: audit
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The hole in Illinois’ general funds budget deepened to $9.6 billion in fiscal 2016, an increase of $2.7 billion from the previous year and the biggest deficit in at least 10 years, according to the state’s annual audit released on T…
