South Carolina governor urges U.S. to divert plutonium from Japan
TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has written to U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz demanding a shipment of weapons-grade plutonium en route to her state from Japan be turned back or sent elsewhere, according to a copy of…
Two Texas metro areas make biggest U.S. population gains: U.S. Census
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas’ biggest metropolitan areas were the biggest magnet for newcomers in the United States in the year through last July, even as a fall in energy prices sent shockwaves through the oil-rich state, U.S. Census Bureau data re…
Ohio man opts to wear ‘thief’ sign over jail time
(Reuters) – A northeast Ohio man convicted of stealing has chosen to wear a sign reading “I AM A THIEF. I STOLE FROM WALMART” over spending 30 days in jail.
UAW union membership rises 1.3 percent in 2015
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Membership in the United Auto Workers union rose by nearly 5,200 workers in 2015 to 408,639, the sixth straight year of small gains for the American union.
Indiana likely to ban abortions based on fetal disabilities
(Reuters) – Indiana is likely to become the second U.S. state to prohibit abortions based on the diagnosis of the fetus with a disability such as Down syndrome.
Illinois high court delivers defeat to union on back-pay dispute
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Illinois Supreme Court reversed two lower court rulings on Thursday and held that unionized state workers whose 2011 raises were withheld during a state budget crisis are not entitled to back pay unless the state legislature app…
JetBlue attendant who dropped 70 pounds of cocaine nabbed in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A JetBlue flight attendant will appear in federal court in New York on Thursday, six days after authorities say she dropped a bag containing almost 70 pounds (32 kg) of cocaine at Los Angeles International Airport, took off her sho…
Michigan Senate approves emergency funds for Detroit schools
(Reuters) – The Michigan Senate on Thursday approved a $48.7 million emergency spending package aiming to keep the cash-strapped Detroit public schools open in April.
U.S. regulators finalize new silica limits for construction, other industries
(Reuters) – Capping a decades-long effort, U.S. workplace regulators on Thursday announced a final rule to boost protections against occupational exposure to crystalline silica, a carcinogenic dust ubiquitous in construction, foundries and fracking.
Arizona gunman’s lawsuit vs Gabby Giffords may be hoax: report
(Reuters) – A bizarre lawsuit purportedly filed by the gunman in the 2011 mass shooting in Arizona that critically injured U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords may be a hoax, an Arizona news website reported on Thursday.
