Investigators seek data recorder in California bus crash that killed 13
INDIO, Calif. (Reuters) – Investigators seeking the cause of a bus crash in California that killed 13 people, including the driver, examined wreckage on Monday for any data recorder to determine what might have led to one of the deadliest such U.S. col…
Michigan court halts enforcement of law banning ballot ‘selfies’
(Reuters) – A federal court on Monday sided with a Michigan man who said a law that bans voters from taking pictures of their marked ballots and sharing them on social media was unconstitutional, temporarily halting enforcement of the ban on ballot ‘se…
Cost cuts but no tax hikes in Atlantic City, N.J., five-year recovery plan
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Reuters) – Atlantic City, New Jersey’s cash-strapped casino hub, will slash at least 100 jobs, or about 10 percent of its staff, but does not plan to raise taxes in a five-year fiscal recovery plan aimed at avoiding a state takeove…
U.S. government says benchmark 2017 Healthcare.gov premiums up 25 percent
(Reuters) – The average premium for benchmark 2017 Obamacare insurance plans sold on Healthcare.gov rose 25 percent compared with 2016, the U.S. government said on Monday, the biggest increase since the insurance first went on sale in 2013 for the foll…
Pennsylvania ex-attorney general gets jail time in leak case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (Reuters) – Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was sentenced on Monday to serve 10 to 23 months in county jail for leaking confidential grand jury information and then lying about it to investigators.
Virginia health board lifts contested rules on abortion clinics
(Reuters) – Virginia’s Board of Health voted on Monday to remove contested regulations on abortion clinics that included meeting hospital-like building standards, a spokeswoman said.
Mississippi NAACP seeks investigation of noose incident at school
(Reuters) – White students at a Mississippi high school tossed a rope around the neck of a black student and pulled it tight like a noose, the NAACP said on Monday, asking federal authorities to investigate the incident as a hate crime.
AARP sues U.S. agency over employee wellness programs
(Reuters) – A lobbying group representing older Americans sued the Obama administration on Monday claiming regulations for programs designed to rein in employee health care costs will subject workers to invasions of their medical privacy.
Alberta mulling legislated target for renewable electricity generation
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – The Alberta government is considering enshrining in law its target of generating 30 percent of the province’s electricity from renewable sources by 2030, the Minister Responsible for the Climate Change Office, Shannon Phill…
Ex-wife of jailed Subway pitchman says company knew of child sex
(Reuters) – The ex-wife of former Subway sandwich pitchman and child sex offender Jared Fogle sued the company in Indiana on Monday, alleging it knew about his pedophilia and failed to act.
