New York to try out GPS-based meters on 1,000 taxicabs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some New York City taxicabs will switch to using GPS-based fare calculators from current metering systems under a pilot program approved on Thursday.
Most California cities back new pension strategy despite cost
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Most California cities support a new strategy by the nation’s largest public pension fund to make its investment portfolio more conservative, even though the move could gradually increase how much employers pay into the fund.
House presents transportation bill but no new funding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced a bipartisan six-year transportation bill on Friday that would allow spending for roads and bridges to keep pace with inflation but provide no new money for infrastructure…
Mixed martial arts fighter arrested for throwing tile at California police
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Mixed martial arts fighter Jason “Mayhem” Miller was arrested on Friday on a charge of suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on an officer after he threw a ceramic tile at sheriff’s deputies outside his Southern California h…
Ohio rabbi sentenced to 22 years in prison for child sex abuse
(Reuters) – An Ohio rabbi has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty in Maryland to sexually abusing an underage girl, court documents showed.
U.S. judge rules Maryland can ditch Confederate flag license plates
(Reuters) – A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that the state may start phasing out license plates featuring the Confederate battle flag as early as November, a state official said.
Macau billionaire in U.N. bribery case gets $50 million bail
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A billionaire real estate developer from Macau accused by U.S. authorities of bribing a former United Nations General Assembly president won the right on Friday to leave jail on a $50 million bond and live under house arrest in a l…
Remains of fugitive kidnapper found in Oregon field: police
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Human remains found in an Oregon field last year have been identified as a fugitive who was wanted for impersonating a police officer and kidnapping two young women after a Snoop Dogg concert in 2010, authorities said on Frid…
Ohio woman’s body found hanging from fence, suspect jailed
(Reuters) – An Ohio man was being held on suspicion that he killed a woman whose beaten body was found hanging from a fence in what neighbors and workers first thought might be a graphic Halloween display, authorities said on Friday.
At least six rescued after scaffolding collapse near Houston stadium
HOUSTON (Reuters) – At least six people were pulled from massive piles of scaffolding that collapsed on Friday at an apartment building under construction in downtown Houston and emergency workers were scrambling to find any others, fire officials said…
