California governor, agencies face legal claims in gas blowout
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hundreds of Los Angeles homeowners who live near the site of the worst U.S. methane leak have filed claims against state regulators and the governor, seeking $3.5 million each in damages for government failures they blame for th…
Houston deluged, five reported dead in Texas floods
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Torrential rainfall totaling 18 inches (46 cm) pummeled Houston on Monday, causing floods that were believed responsible for five deaths and that snarled transport and turned roads into lakes in the fourth most-populous U.S. city.
N.Y. man charged with bribing police as corruption probe continues
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A member of a volunteer safety patrol in an Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn was charged on Monday with trying to bribe police officers to obtain gun licenses, prosecutors said, in the latest fallout from a wide-ranging corrup…
Exclusive: Target increases minimum wage to $10 an hour – sources
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Discount retailer Target Corp has started raising employee wages to a minimum of $10 an hour, its second hike in a year, pressured by a competitive job market and labor groups calling for higher wages at retail chains, sources said….
Backhoe in Philadelphia Amtrak accident had right to be on track: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The backhoe operator involved in a fatal Amtrak passenger train collision near Philadelphia this month had a right to drive the vehicle on the tracks intermittently to perform maintenance work, the National Transportation Safety Bo…
Oregon defense firm chief pleads guilty to $171 million conspiracy
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The owner of an Oregon-based defense firm pleaded guilty on Monday to plying a U.S. official with cash, meals in Vietnam and Costa Rica, and an Alaska fishing trip during a decade-long conspiracy to win business worth $171 million, …
CalPERS to study possible reinvestment in tobacco
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System decided on Monday to review the potential impact of reinvesting in tobacco, 16 years after the pension fund dropped the controversial asset from its portfolio.
Ethiopians sweep Boston Marathon
BOSTON (Reuters) – Ethiopian runners vying for a place in the summer Olympics dominated the Boston Marathon on Monday, taking the top three spots in the men’s division for the first time, and the top two spots among the women.
Michigan governor to drink Flint water in show of safety over lead crisis
DETROIT (Reuters) – Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, under pressure to resign over the state’s poor handling of a lead water crisis in Flint, promised on Monday that he will drink filtered tap water from the city for at least the next 30 days to show tha…
Arabic-speaker removed from California flight seeks apology
(Reuters) – A California university student who was taken off a Southwest Airlines flight after another passenger heard him speaking Arabic was traumatized and he wants an apology, the Council on American-Islamic Relations said on Monday.
