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 An NLRB petition by drivers was withdrawn in March.)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.
Still no will found for Prince as Minnesota court opens probate process
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Lawyers charged with untangling the multimillion-dollar estate of music superstar Prince said on Monday they still have not located a will that could avert a years-long dispute over his fortune but have not stopped looking.
Bodies of famed American climbers Lowe, Bridges found in Himalayas
(Reuters) – The bodies of renowned U.S. mountaineers Alex Lowe and David Bridges, who were killed in a 1999 avalanche in the Himalayas, have been found by another pair of climbers, according to a charity founded and run by Lowe’s widow.
