U.S. state budgets to face low energy prices for years to come: Fitch
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Low oil, natural gas and coal prices will continue to put downward fiscal pressure on states that rely on those resources to fund their budgets, ratings agency Fitch said on Thursday.
Former NFLer Joe McKnight killed in Louisiana road rage shooting
(Reuters) – Former National Football League player Joe McKnight was shot and killed on Thursday in his native Louisiana in what officials are investigating as a road rage incident.
Trump supports completion of Dakota Access Pipeline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday said for the first time that he supports the completion of a pipeline project near a North Dakota Indian reservation, which has been the subject of months of protests by tribes and en…
Three killed as pickup truck crashes into Walmart store in Iowa
(Reuters) – Three people were killed and two injured on Thursday when a pickup truck crashed through the front of a Wal-Mart store in central Iowa, a state police spokesman said.
U.S. bill would allow Wells customers go to court over scandal
(Reuters) – Legislation introduced by two Democratic lawmakers on Thursday would allow Wells Fargo & Co customers to go to court, instead of private arbitration, to resolve claims about accounts opened without authorization, according to a media release.
Senator warns against simultaneous overhaul of Medicare and Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. Senate Republican warned his party on Thursday against simultaneously overhauling Medicare and the Obamacare health insurance program, saying this would be “biting off more than you can chew.”
Chicago murders top 700 for first time in nearly two decades
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Murders in Chicago have already topped 700 this year, police said on Thursday, as a surge in violence in the third largest U.S. city has sent the number of killings to its highest point in nearly two decades.
A year after San Bernardino attack, investigators still seek answers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – One year after two Islamic militants shot dead 14 people in a massacre in Southern California, FBI investigators are still seeking to answer key questions such as the location of the married couple’s computer hard drive and whet…
Connecticut’s top court to hear Sandy Hook gun appeal
(Reuters) – The Connecticut Supreme Court has agreed to hear a direct appeal by families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, whose lawsuit against makers and sellers of the assault rifle used in the 2012 attack was dismissed in Oct…
Engineer in fatal 2013 New York train crash sues railroad
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The engineer who fell asleep at the controls of a New York commuter train that derailed in 2013, killing four people and injuring 61, has sued the railroad, alleging it was negligent in failing to install an automatic braking syste…
