Shooting brings troubled San Bernardino an unwelcome new distinction
SAN BERNARDINO (Reuters) – The list of challenges confronting this blue-collar Southern California enclave was already long: a devastating municipal bankruptcy, high unemployment, foreclosures, homelessness, crime – even a nagging yellow smog that ofte…
Two Afghan trainees reported missing from Georgia Air Force base
(Reuters) – Two men from Afghanistan being trained by the U.S. military have disappeared from an Air Force base in Georgia and were being sought by federal authorities, officials said on Tuesday.
Many Americans struggling to keep up with sky high rents: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Record numbers of U.S. renter households are spending more than 30 percent of their income, and in many cases more than half their income, on housing costs, according to a study published on Wednesday.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice faces disciplinary hearing over emails
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice accused of using state computers to exchange scores of sexually and racially offensive emails with other judges, prosecutors and lawyers over six years was ordered on Tuesday to face a di…
The North Face founder, Douglas Tompkins, dies in Chile kayak accident
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – U.S. environmentalist and businessman Douglas Tompkins, the founder of outdoor clothing and equipment company The North Face, died on Tuesday during a kayaking trip in Chile, local health officials said. He was 72.
Police investigating possible hate crime at North Dakota restaurant
(Reuters) – A Somali restaurant in northeast North Dakota, which was hit with graffiti last week telling the owner to “go home,” caught fire on Tuesday, prompting authorities to investigate the incidents as possible hate crimes.
Connecticut lawmakers chop $350 million from budget, cut business taxes
(Reuters) – Connecticut lawmakers cut $350 million from the state budget to close a widening deficit on Tuesday and reduced corporate taxes to thwart criticism that the state is unfriendly to business.
FBI to expand data on violent police encounters: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation plans to sharply expand the information it gathers on violent police encounters in the United States, the Washington Post quoted a senior FBI official as saying on Tuesday.
Puerto Rico risks creditor ire by hijacking money earmarked for bond payments
(This December 6 story was corrected to fix paragraph 11 to show Christmas bonuses are a legal, not constitutional, requirement in Puerto Rico)
Cuba returns U.S. fugitive in sign of renewed diplomacy
MIAMI (Reuters) – An American man wanted on firearms charges was brought back from Cuba on Tuesday, marking the first fugitive returned since the two nations restored diplomatic ties this year, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
