Natural gas likely overtook coal as top U.S. power source in 2015
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Last year looks like it was an unwelcome watershed for the embattled U.S. coal industry.
U.S. South braces for snow and freezing cold ahead of winter storm
(Reuters) – Predictions of icy roads and freezing temperatures prompted school closings and emergency preparations in several states in the U.S. South on Wednesday, ahead of a major storm expected to blast snow across the Northeast later this week.
Wal-Mart to hike pay for 1.2 million workers in 2016
(Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc said more than 1.2 million of its employees would get a raise in 2016 and introduced new rules allowing staff to carry over paid days off as the retailer aims to retain workers amid a tight U.S. labor market.
Nearly all Detroit schools closed due to teachers’ sickout
(Reuters) – Nearly all public schools in Detroit were closed on Wednesday as teachers called in sick to protest conditions, the school system and teachers’ union said.
Black Lives Matter protesters interrupt U.S. mayors’ conference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Demonstrators from the Black Lives Matter movement interrupted the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ meeting on Wednesday, protesting the killing of a Chicago teenager by police and the lead-tainted water supply of Flint, Michigan.
Obama determined to find out what went wrong in Flint water crisis: White House
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – President Barack Obama wants to find out what happened in Flint, Michigan where a switch in water supplies led to a variety of health problems, the White House said on Wednesday.
EPA says its response to Flint water crisis too slow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday it was reviewing its handling of a crisis over lead-contaminated drinking water in the Michigan city of Flint and acknowledged it did not respond fast enough.
Obama faces immigration hurdles even if he wins at high court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If the U.S. Supreme Court endorses a key immigration initiative of President Barack Obama protecting more than 4 million illegal immigrants from deportation, his administration could face a surge of applicants and little time to …
‘Affluenza’ teen may have been forced to flee to Mexico: attorney
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – Lawyers for the Texas teenager who killed four people in the “affluenza” drunken-driving case and was captured in Mexico said on Tuesday they are investigating whether the 18-year-old chose to flee or was forced.
Colorado cinema killer James Holmes transferred to third prison
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes has been moved to a different prison for the third time since his conviction last year for shooting dead 12 moviegoers in 2012, a corrections official said on Tuesday.
