N.Y. jury awards firefighters $183 million in deadly 2005 blaze
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Five firefighters and their families have been awarded $183 million by a New York City jury following a trial stemming from a deadly 2005 apartment building blaze on a day that became known as “Black Sunday.”
Ithaca, N.Y. mayor proposes supervised drug injection facility
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The upstate New York city of Ithaca could be home to the first public facility in the United States that would allow heroin users to inject the drug under medical supervision, if Mayor Svante Myrick gets his way.
Georgia state House votes to allow guns on public college campuses
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Concealed handguns would be allowed on Georgia’s public college campuses under a measure that cleared the state’s House of Representatives and now heads to the Senate over the objections of university leaders.
California woman found dead in Las Vegas hotel laundry chute
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A woman found dead in the laundry chute of a Las Vegas hotel has been identified as a Sacramento, California-area legal assistant, authorities and local media said on Tuesday.
Colorado woman convicted of cutting fetus from stranger’s womb
BOULDER, Colo. (Reuters) – A Colorado jury on Tuesday convicted a woman of attempted murder and assault for stabbing a pregnant stranger and cutting her fetus from her womb, after luring the victim to her home with an online advertisement for free mate…
Seattle-area blast levels home, shatters school windows; two missing
SEATTLE (Reuters) – An explosion so strong some people thought it was an earthquake leveled a mobile home in western Washington state on Tuesday, possibly trapping two residents and shattering windows at a nearby elementary school, authorities said.
Pennsylvania fracking trial begins, pitting families against driller
SCRANTON, Pa. (Reuters) – Cabot Oil & Gas Co contaminated drinking water for two Pennsylvania families in its rush to begin fracking operations during the state’s natural gas boom, a lawyer told a federal jury in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday at the start of a civil trial.
Michigan Senate approves $30 million to help pay Flint water bills
(Reuters) – Residents of Flint, Michigan, one of the poorest cities in the United States, will get $30 million to help pay their water bills after a lead contamination crisis, under a bill unanimously approved by the Michigan Senate on Tuesday.
U.S. government, Apple take encryption case to court of public opinion
(Reuters) – Apple Inc on Monday urged the creation of a government panel on encryption, the latest salvo in a standoff over a locked iPhone linked to the San Bernardino shooting that has escalated into a public relations battle between the revered tech…
Tech, business leaders protest ‘discriminatory’ U.S. visa waiver changes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 30 U.S. business leaders urged Congress on Tuesday to undo visa restrictions that make it harder for citizens of some countries to visit, saying they were discriminatory and made U.S. companies less competitive.
