California man shot by police in July mistaken for carjacking suspect
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department acknowledged on Tuesday its deputies were mistaken in last month’s shooting death of an unarmed black man they encountered lying motionless on the ground and erroneously assumed was a …
Out-of-control California wildfire grows, forces schools to close
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A wildfire burning out of control in mountains and foothills east of Los Angeles mushroomed more than 50 percent overnight, forcing authorities to order three school districts to cancel classes due to heavy smoke and dangerous c…
Chicago mayor condemns reported gang threats against police
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Threats against police officers by Chicago gang members angry about the police shooting of an unarmed black teen last month were “unacceptable,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Tuesday, as debate over excessive force by law enforcement c…
Clinton urges Congress to reconvene, pass Zika bill
MIAMI (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged federal lawmakers currently on summer recess back into session to pass a crucial funding bill to combat the Zika virus as she visited a health clinic at the heart of a local…
Florida says four new locally transmitted Zika cases, Congress must act on funds
(Reuters) – Florida has four new cases of people likely infected with Zika through mosquito bites in Miami, Governor Rick Scott said on Tuesday, as he urged Congress to reconvene and approve additional money to combat the virus.
Delta on long road back to normal after massive flight cancellations
(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines faces a “time-consuming process” to restore normal operations and get stranded passengers to their destinations after a power outage caused more than 1,600 flight cancellations over two days, a top executive said on Tuesday…
MIT, NYU, Yale sued over fees for employee retirement plans
BOSTON (Reuters) – Three well-known U.S. universities, MIT, New York University and Yale, have been accused of charging millions of dollars in excessive fees to participants in their retirement plans, according to federal civil lawsuits filed on Tuesda…
New Jersey sports betting law struck down by U.S. appeals court
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday said New Jersey cannot legalize sports betting, in a big defeat for supporters of the years-long effort to allow such wagers in the state.
U.S. must bury coal to save miner jobs: Interior secretary
EHRENFELD, Pa. (Reuters) – From Appalachia to Wyoming, surging demand for cheap natural gas, tougher environmental regulations and multiple coal company bankruptcies have left behind a devastated coal business, lost jobs and billions of dollars in clea…
U.S. judge upholds 14-year prison sentence of former Illinois governor
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday upheld the 14-year prison sentence for former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich despite his emotional plea for leniency after an appeals court had set aside part of his public corruption conviction.
