Pennsylvania adopts new fracking regulations
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – New regulations governing the extraction of natural gas through fracking will go into effect on Saturday in Pennsylvania, the first overhaul since the industry took off in the state more than 10 years ago.
New Jersey Transit Hoboken station to reopen Monday after deadly crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A New Jersey train station closed since a commuter train crashed killing one person and injuring more than 100 will reopen Monday and resume some service, a transit agency said Friday.
Chicago police unveil stricter draft policy for use of force
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Chicago Police Department introduced on Friday a stricter draft policy for the use of force that provides guidelines for officers involved in confrontations with suspects and members of the public, the city’s police chief said.
Ex-Rentboy.com CEO pleads guilty in U.S. prostitution case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The former chief executive of male escort website Rentboy.com pleaded guilty on Friday to having promoted prostitution, in a case that outraged gay and civil rights activists when it was announced last year.
Some 600,000 Florida homes without power due to hurricane: governor
(Reuters) – About 600,000 Florida homes were without power on Friday due to Hurricane Matthew and more outages were likely, Governor Rick Scott told a news conference, as the storm moved near the state’s Atlantic coast on a northward track after killin…
‘Newtown’ paints a portrait of communal grief, recovery
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nearly four years after the shocking massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, a new film, “Newtown,” explores how a small Connecticut town has coped with the aftermath of the deadliest shooting of schoolchildren in U.S. histo…
U.S. farmers race to ready for Hurricane Matthew’s blast
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, roiled commodities markets and forced companies from cane refiners to orange juice makers to shutter as it whipped its way toward the southeastern United States on…
MSCI: Will not include Jamaica in ‘Frontier’ index in November
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. index provider MSCI said on it will no longer include Jamaican stocks in its benchmark frontier markets index as part of its November review, but retain the country as “standalone” due to difficulties for investors in accessing …
Armed occupation leader cites religious faith in justifying Oregon refuge takeover
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Ammon Bundy, who led an armed occupation of a U.S. wildlife center in Oregon earlier this year, testified in federal court on Thursday that his hostility toward federal land ownership was shaped by his religious faith and “na…
Man sentenced to jail for defacing Islamic center in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – A man who pleaded guilty to spray-painting offensive graffiti on the walls of an Islamic center in Missouri in 2011 and later leaving burned copies of the Koran outside the building’s front door was sentenced on Thursday to…
