Illinois governor’s new budget aims to keep schools funded
CHICAGO (Reuters) – With most of Illinois’ fiscal 2016 budget mired in a political impasse, Republican Governor Bruce Rauner on Wednesday will announce a plan to ensure state money continues to flow to public schools in fiscal 2017, according to his of…
Texas executes man in murder of liquor store clerk
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas on Tuesday executed a man who was convicted of fatally shooting a liquor store clerk in a robbery outside of Dallas in 1990.
Cyber attack snarls Los Angeles hospital’s patient database
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The FBI is investigating a cyber attack that has crippled the electronic database at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center for days, forcing doctors at the Los Angeles hospital to rely on telephones and fax machines to relay pat…
Texas executes man for murder of liquor store clerk
(Reuters) – Texas on Tuesday executed a man who was convicted of fatally shooting a liquor store clerk in a robbery outside of Dallas in 1990.
U.S. Coast Guard hearing probes El Faro sinking in hurricane
(Reuters) – The captain of the U.S. cargo ship that sank off the Bahamas in a hurricane last fall, killing all 33 people on board, was responsible for decisions that put the vessel in the path of the storm, the company that operated the vessel said on …
Prosecution charts predatory trail of ‘Grim Sleeper’ killer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An ex-sanitation worker charged with 10 murders dating back 30 years began preying on his victims, mostly prostitutes with drug addictions, during a crack epidemic that proved fertile ground for a Los Angeles serial killer in th…
Contaminated Flint water among most expensive in the U.S.: report
(Reuters) – Residents of Flint, Michigan, one of the poorest cities in the United States, paid some of the nation’s highest water bills even as the city failed to treat drinking water properly, leading to lead contamination, according to a report relea…
Anger, resignation as massive pay gap prompts Carrier’s Mexico move
(Reuters) – Union leaders at an air conditioner factory in Indianapolis threatened with losing 1,400 jobs to Mexico said on Tuesday the plant’s owner expects to pay Mexican workers $3 an hour compared to an average of more than $20 an hour for the U.S….
‘Hispanic’ is a race under U.S. anti-bias laws, court rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The ethnic category “Hispanic” is a race under U.S. federal antidiscrimination laws, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
Florida winners of record U.S. Powerball jackpot to come forward
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida lottery officials will reveal on Wednesday who holds one of the three winning tickets eligible for a share in last month’s record $1.6 billion U.S. Powerball jackpot.
