New York State tax collections down $1.3 billion in first half FY16
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York State tax collections fell $1.3 billion, or 3.5 percent, to $36.9 billion through the first half of fiscal 2016 compared to the same period a year earlier, the state’s chief fiscal officer said on Thursday.
Arrest warrants issued for suspects in Kansas triple murder
(Reuters) – Kansas law enforcement authorities are searching for two suspects wanted for a triple murder in the rural central part of the state earlier this week, officials said on Thursday.
Jury picked in U.S. drug trial of nephews of Venezuelan first lady
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An architect, a truck driver and a school administrator were among the 12 jurors selected on Thursday for the U.S. trial of two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady accused of trying to carry out a multimillion-dollar drug deal.
Lockdown ends at Virginia school as bomb threat ‘not credible’
(Reuters) – A lockdown triggered by a bomb threat at a Roanoke, Virginia, high school on Thursday was lifted after authorities had told students and staff to take shelter, the school district said.
Obama says U.S. mulling alternate routes for North Dakota pipeline
(This version of the Nov. 2 story corrects the destination of the pipeline in paragraph 10 to Illinois from Gulf Coast refineries)
Seven agents, including HIV, added to U.S. list of carcinogens
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday it added seven new agents, including the HIV virus and an industrial solvent, to its list of carcinogens.
U.S. deputy U.N. envoy to head Clooney Foundation for Justice
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations David Pressman is set to become executive director of the new Clooney Foundation for Justice, set up by George and Amal Clooney, as well as a partner at the Boies, Schiller & Flexner law firm.
LGBT characters at all time high on U.S. television
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shows like “Transparent,” “Doubt” and “Queen Sugar” have helped boost the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender characters on U.S. television to a record high, a report from the advocacy group GLAAD said on Thursday.
Looking past vote, U.S. coal country sees millennials as key to revival
HUNTINGTON, WV (Reuters) – When Carissa Sellards talks to her West Virginia University friends about post-graduation plans, one dilemma keeps coming up – whether to stay in their home state or strike out for more promising opportunities elsewhere.
Trump, Clinton blast each other on character; Clinton rises in poll
PENSACOLA, Fla./ LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump attacked one another’s character as they pushed their closing arguments six days before the U.S. presidential election, while the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll show…
