Alaska residents to each get $2,072 from oil fund payout
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – A majority of Alaska residents will receive $2,072 from the state’s oil wealth investment fund earnings, an annual payout set against the backdrop of a $3.5 billion to $4 billion budget deficit driven by low crude prices the …
Emanuel’s plan to charge for trash removal spotlights Chicago’s class divide
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago is just one of three major American cities that currently hauls away garbage for the bulk of its residents for free, but Mayor Rahm Emanuel is about to take away that perk – and finding that the rich and poor have very different views of trash collection in this city.
Walker exits 2016 presidential race
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin abruptly pulled out of the 2016 U.S. presidential race on Monday, doomed by a lightning-quick collapse from serious contender to also-ran candidate struggling to raise money….
American Muslims fear a new wave of Islamophobia
ANAHEIM, Calif. (Reuters) – Muslim Americans responded with a mix of frustration, exasperation and anger to what many see as a growing wave of Islamophobia fueled by two of the Republican Party’s most popular presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Ben Carson.
Chicago mayor to propose phased-in $543 million property tax hike
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday will propose the biggest-ever property tax hike for the cash-strapped city, $543 million over four years, as part of a plan to bring structural balance to the budget, the city announced on Monda…
Bergdahl lawyers seek public release of military report on disappearance
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The lawyers for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl filed papers on Monday seeking the public release of the military report on the soldier who left his post in a remote part of Afghanistan and spent nearly five years imprisoned …
Former peanut company CEO sentenced to 28 years for salmonella outbreak
ALBANY, Ga. (Reuters) – The former owner of a peanut company in Georgia was sentenced to 28 years in prison on Monday for his role in a salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds, a rare instance of jail time in a food contaminat…
U.S. justices unlikely to address death penalty’s constitutionality
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When the last U.S. Supreme Court term ended in June with an unusual showdown over a decision approving Oklahoma’s lethal injection process, some court watchers saw it as a sign the court might soon take up the bigger question of …
Children entering U.S. illegally up in August: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About double the number of Central American children entered the United States illegally in August compared to a year ago, surprising the Obama administration which had been touting a downward trend over the past year.
Man charged with murdering four family members in California in 1999
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A man accused of killing his father, stepmother and two half-brothers in 1999, when he was 16, has been charged with their murders after being extradited back to the United States from Guatemala, prosecutors said on Monday.
