Emotional return as first U.S. cruise in decades reaches Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – Hundreds of tourists and a handful of emotional Cuban-Americans arrived on the first U.S. cruise ship to sail to Havana in decades on Monday, spilling onto the cobbled streets of the old city where they were warmly greeted by residen…
U.S. top court upholds cop’s conviction in auto repair scheme
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Baltimore cop’s conspiracy conviction involving an auto repair shop extortion operation in a ruling that could boost the power of federal prosecutors to pursue charges against public offi…
Kentucky judge temporarily bars removal of Confederate statue
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A state judge in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday temporarily blocked a move by the city and a local university to take down a longstanding monument to Confederate soldiers.
Soldier barricaded inside armory at Maryland National Guard site
(Reuters) – Baltimore County police were negotiating with a soldier who barricaded himself inside a building where weapons are typically kept at a Maryland National Guard property on Monday, authorities said.
VW, UAW officials to meet on labor dispute at Tennessee plant
DETROIT (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG and United Auto Workers union officials will meet later this month in an effort to overcome a labor dispute at the VW plant in Tennessee.
New Chicago high-rise will be city’s biggest Chinese property deal
CHICAGO (Reuters) – China’s largest commercial property company, Dalian Wanda, and a Chicago real estate developer on Monday announced they will build a $900 million skyscraper, the largest-ever real estate investment by a Chinese company in Chicago.
FBI arrests man, thwarts possible attack on Jewish target
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a man in South Florida for planning an attack against the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in a statement on Monday.
Uber drivers in New York form labor association
(This May 1st story has been corrected to delete the reference to NLRB’s ruling on unionization. An NLRB petition by drivers was withdrawn in March.)
Atlantic City, N.J., avoids default on bond payment
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Reuters) – Atlantic City, New Jersey’s cash-strapped gambling hub, avoided a default on Monday by making its $1.8 million debt service payment, Mayor Don Guardian said.
New York businesses to cut trash by half in ‘Zero Waste’ plan
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than 30 New York City businesses, including Whole Foods Market Inc, Walt Disney Co’s ABC and Anheuser Busch, have agreed to cut the trash they send to landfills by half by June, the mayor’s office said on Monday.
