Detroit City Council approves bond refunding, pension funding
(Reuters) – The Detroit City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the issuance of up to $660 million of refunding bonds to save an estimated $37 million and help pave the city’s return to the municipal market after a trip through bankruptcy.
Michelle Obama joins Snapchat as ‘MichelleObama’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Michelle Obama joined the popular messaging app Snapchat on Tuesday to promote her upcoming trip to Liberia, Morocco and Spain to encourage education for girls.
Pittsburgh TV anchor says she was fired for being white
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Boy killed by alligator mourned at Nebraska funeral
(Reuters) – Mourners gathered at a Nebraska church on Tuesday to remember a two-year-old boy who was grabbed and drowned by an alligator while vacationing with his family last week at the Disney World Resort in Florida, a church official said.
California power grid passes first heat wave test amid gas shortage
(Reuters) – California’s power grid passed its first test of the summer with no rolling blackouts on Monday, when customers cranked up their air conditioners as temperatures soared into the triple-digits for the second consecutive day in some southern …
Firefighters hold ‘sleeping giant’ wildfire in check in California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A stubborn wildfire stoked by triple-digit temperatures raged for a sixth day outside Santa Barbara in coastal Southern California on Monday as crews worked to keep the blaze some have called a “sleeping giant” in check, officia…
Uber and Lyft rivals rush to Texas capital after fingerprint fight
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – About a half dozen ride-hailing firms have rushed into Texas tech hub Austin after market leaders Uber and Lyft left the city last month in a huff over municipal requirements that they fingerprint drivers.
Exclusive: Justice Department opposes new Obama proposal on Guantanamo
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is again facing dissent from within his administration – this time from Attorney General Loretta Lynch – over his plans to shutter the Guantanamo Bay military prison, according to senior administration officials.
U.S. state, local government tax haul up to $317 billion in first-quarter: Census
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. state and local government tax revenues rose to $317 billion in the first quarter of 2016, a gain of 3.1 percent versus the same period a year ago according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau published on Tuesday.
Heat wave tests Southern California’s power grid amid gas shortage
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California’s power grid operators warned homes and businesses on Monday to conserve electricity as rising demand for air conditioning stoked by a record-setting heat wave across the U.S. Southwest tested the region’s generating …
