Puerto Rico governor offers plan to right island’s economic ship
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s outgoing governor, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, on Friday presented a fiscal turnaround plan to a federal oversight board, stating if “things do not change” the island faces a 10-year cumulative budget deficit of $34 bil…
Hudson train tunnel between NY, NJ gets fast environmental review
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and other officials on Friday said the federal government would expedite the environmental review for a new train tunnel between New York and New Jersey underneath the Hudson River.
Dozens of U.S. lawmakers request briefing on Yahoo email scanning
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of 48 lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday asked the Obama administration to brief Congress “as soon as possible” about a 2015 Yahoo program to scan all of its users’ incoming email at the…
New computer glitch delays United Airlines flights
PARIS (Reuters) – Thousands of passengers were delayed worldwide after a computer glitch temporarily halted departures at United Airlines, the latest in a series of outages to affect rival companies in the industry.
Accused UK ‘flash crash’ trader to be extradited to U.S.
LONDON (Reuters) – A London-based trader accused of contributing to the 2010 Wall Street “flash crash” by placing bogus orders to spoof the market lost his legal bid to stop extradition on Friday and will now be sent to the United States to face trial….
Obama plans overhaul of child support payment rules for prisoners
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration, in its final weeks, plans to ease the legal obligations on prisoners to pay for child support while they are locked up, targeting practices that critics say can saddle ex-convicts with crippling debts.
Phoenix woman removes handcuffs, hangs herself in police van: police
(Reuters) – A woman arrested in Phoenix for domestic violence and assaulting a police officer slipped out of her handcuffs and hung herself with a shoelace from a vent in the back of a police van, authorities said on Thursday.
Los Angeles Thai community mourns passing of King Bhumibol
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Many residents of Los Angeles’s bustling Thai community on Thursday mourned the death of Thailand’s long-standing and widely-adored leader, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Chicago disability group sues Uber over wheelchair access
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago-based disability rights group on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] alleging the ride-hailing company has violated wheelchair accessibility laws.
No threat found after building at Virginia university evacuated
(Reuters) – Police said they found no threat after a student center at Virginia’s George Mason University was ordered evacuated on Thursday, the school reported on its website.
