Puerto Rico fiscal turnaround plan will save $3.8 billion annually, governor says
(Reuters) – Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello on Tuesday said his fiscal turnaround plan for the U.S. territory will create $3.8 billion a year in savings, including cutting $550 million a year in spending on public healthcare.
VW has spent $2.9 billion on U.S. buybacks: court document
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG has paid $2.9 billion to repurchase nearly 138,000 U.S. diesel vehicles through Feb. 18 in the wake of its emissions scandal, a court document made public on Tuesday shows.
FBI investigating shootings of Indian men in Kansas as hate crime
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) – The deadly shooting of an Indian engineer and wounding of his co-worker last Wednesday at a bar in Kansas is being investigated as a hate crime, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday.
In last budget address, New Jersey Governor Christie targets pensions, school funding
TRENTON, N.J. (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie laid out plans to spend more money on public pensions and roads and reiterated calls to transform the state’s school funding formula in his final budget address as leader of the state on Tues…
Trump plan to slash State, foreign aid spending has foes in Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to slash funding for the State Department and foreign aid faces stiff opposition in Congress, which must pass any spending plan, not just from Democrats, but also from many of his fellow Rep…
Texas man gets 11 years for role in Russian export scheme
(Reuters) – A former employee of a Houston electronics exporting company was sentenced on Tuesday to 11 years and three months in prison for his role in a scheme to illegally export about $50 million of microelectronics to Russia.
Trump mulling immigration bill with pathway to legal status: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is considering introducing legislation to provide a pathway to legal status, but not immediately to citizenship, for illegal immigrants in the United States, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing a senior White H…
New York City plans to open 90 new homeless shelters
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York plans to open 90 new shelters as city officials struggle to get a handle on homelessness, which has risen over the past few decades to its highest level in almost a century, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday.
Indiana bill stiffening hate crime penalties fails in Senate
(Reuters) – An Indiana bill that aimed to allow judges to stiffen penalties for people who committed bias-motivated crimes failed to gain the support of lawmakers and will not advance in the state legislature, the bill’s author said.
U.S. judge to rule on Dakota Access Pipeline easement in early March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge said on Tuesday he hopes to decide by about March 7 on a request by Native American tribes for the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw an easement on religious grounds for the final link of the Dakota Access Pipeline…
