New York agency offers help to undocumented trafficking and crime victims
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Enriqueta Luna was an undocumented worker when her employer, a New York City restaurant owner, pulled down his pants and threatened her, and she knew that reporting the crime could get her deported to Mexico.
Two Pennsylvania families who say fracking fouled water take case to trial
SCRANTON, Pa. (Reuters) – Jury selection began on Monday in a federal lawsuit in which two northeastern Pennsylvania families allege that Cabot Oil & Gas Corp contaminated their well water with methane when it began fracking for natural gas near their homes.
Jury considers case against Colorado woman who cut out stranger’s fetus
BOULDER, Colo. (Reuters) – Jurors on Monday were weighing the case of a Colorado woman accused of luring a pregnant stranger to her home with a Craigslist ad, attacking her and removing her fetus because she wanted to pass the baby off as her own.
Thirteen bald eagles found dead in Maryland
(Reuters) – Authorities are investigating the deaths of 13 bald eagles discovered on a Maryland farm in the state’s largest die-off of the national bird in 30 years, officials said on Monday.
Colorado can enforce its ‘Amazon tax’ law: U.S. appeals court
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court endorsed a Colorado law designed to make it easier for the state to collect sales taxes on out-of-state purchases made over the Internet.
Atlantic City mayor terms N.J. takeover plan ‘fascist dictatorship’
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Reuters) – Atlantic City’s mayor has called a state plan to cede control of the fiscally distressed gambling hub a “fascist dictatorship,” a sharp reversal of his previous position on the proposed takeover.
Scalia lauded as shorthanded Supreme Court returns to work
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court resumed work on Monday for the first time since Antonin Scalia’s death, with Chief Justice John Roberts paying tribute to the long-serving jurist before the remaining justices engaged in a testy argument ov…
U.S. road revival extends to December
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. road travel rose by 4 percent in the nation’s warmest December on record, government data showed on Monday, and capped a record-setting driving renaissance amid cheap gasoline prices and lower unemployment.
Family-friendly Labrador retriever still America’s top dog
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Labrador retriever retained the title of America’s most popular dog breed for the 25th consecutive year, even as the upstart French bulldog stole the limelight in New York and other big U.S. cities, the American Kennel Club sai…
Gunmaker to ask judge to dismiss lawsuit over 2012 Connecticut school massacre
(Reuters) – The maker of the gun used in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School is expected to ask a Connecticut judge on Monday to toss a lawsuit filed against it by the families of nine of the people who died in the attack, according to co…
