Investigators probing cause of deadly Amtrak crash
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Accident investigators will interview survivors of a construction crew on Tuesday to determine why a backhoe occupied the same track as an Amtrak train that slammed into the heavy equipment, killing two people and sending 35 ot…
Five killed in fiery Tennessee helicopter crash
(Reuters) – Five people were killed on Monday when a sightseeing helicopter crashed and burned in a Smoky Mountains area of eastern Tennessee, authorities said.
Men arrested in rape of Utah girl while mother smoked meth: sheriff
(Reuters) – Four men have been arrested on charges of raping a 9-year-old girl in a Utah home on Easter Sunday as her mother smoked methamphetamine in the garage, authorities said on Monday.
Two ex-LA airport baggage handlers arrested on drug trafficking charges
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two former baggage handlers who prosecutors say used their security credentials to help a nationwide drug ring smuggle “samples” of cocaine through Los Angeles International Airport were arrested on drug trafficking charges on M…
United Airlines, machinists union reach deal on new contracts
(Reuters) – United Airlines and the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) reached tentative agreements on new contracts for nearly 30,000 IAM-represented employees.
Divided U.S. Supreme Court cautious about taking new cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With a seat vacant possibly until next year, the U.S. Supreme Court is accepting fewer cases and seeking compromises as it tries to avoid being hamstrung by 4-4 deadlocks on such contentious issues as abortion, birth control and …
Retrial starts of Vanderbilt ex-football player charged with rape
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – A Vanderbilt University ex-football player charged with raping an unconscious female student “violated every principle of human decency,” prosecutors said on Monday to open the retrial of a man released on bond after a mist…
California governor signs $15-an-hour minimum wage into law
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed into a law a bill raising California’s minimum wage from $10 to $15 an hour by the year 2023, making the nation’s most-populous state the first to boost pay to that level for the working poo…
Tension endures a year after black man shot by South Carolina officer
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – The South Carolina city where a white police officer shot dead an unarmed black man one year ago still simmers with racial tension as black residents say they continue to be harassed and humiliated by law enforcement….
Chicago to pay family of black man dragged by handcuffs
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The city of Chicago has agreed to pay the family of a black man who died after being dragged by handcuffs from a cell in a police lockup and down a hallway more than three years ago, an attorney for the family said on Monday.
