Obama administration moving to create two marine sanctuaries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration will announce steps on Monday to create marine sanctuaries in Maryland and Wisconsin and will take further action to combat illegal fishing, the White House said.
Debris appears to belong to cargo ship missing in Bahamas
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) – Search-and-rescue teams on Sunday located debris appearing to belong to the cargo ship El Faro, which went missing in the eye of Hurricane Joaquin with 33 mostly American crew members aboard more than three days ago, the …
UAW ratifies labor agreement with Deere & Co
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers union informed Deere & Co its members ratified a six-year labor agreement, the union said on Sunday.
Debris appears to belong to cargo ship missing in Bahamas
MIAMI (Reuters) – Search-and-rescue teams on Sunday located debris appearing to belong to the cargo ship El Faro, which went missing in the eye of Hurricane Joaquin with 33 mostly American crew members aboard more than three days ago, the U.S. Coast Gu…
South Carolina hit by torrential rainfall; seven dead
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Torrential rainfall that South Carolina’s governor called a once-in-a-millennium downpour flooded the southeastern U.S. state on Sunday, causing at least seven deaths in the Carolinas.
Gunman in Oregon college massacre committed suicide
ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) – The gunman who killed his English professor and eight others at an Oregon community college committed suicide after a shootout with police who arrived within five minutes and exchanged fire with him almost immediately, author…
Four California students arrested for plotting mass shooting
(Reuters) – Four northern California students have been arrested for plotting to carry out a shooting at a high school, authorities said.
U.S. auto union faces tough road to salvage failed contract
DETROIT/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Mounting discontent among the United Auto Workers rank and file will complicate its leaders’ bid to recover from the defeat of a proposed labor agreement with No. 3 U.S. automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, UAW members sa…
Supreme Court tackles hot social issues as 2016 election looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are set to wade into contentious social matters in their new term beginning on Monday including affirmative action, union powers and voting rights, and could add major cases involving a…
New York gas blast and fire kill one, injure three
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gas explosion and fire that ripped off the facade of a three-story building in New York on Saturday, killing one person and injuring three, might have been caused by a tenant moving out a stove, fire officials said.
