Southwest expects gate-sharing with Delta in Dallas to be difficult
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co expects that squeezing in extra flights at its gates at Dallas Love Field Airport will be a challenge now that a U.S. court has asked it to accommodate flights by Delta Air Lines Inc temporarily.
Boston Olympics backers say $2 billion insurance plan would protect taxpayers
BOSTON (Reuters) – Backers of Boston’s controversial bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games on Wednesday said they would carry some $2.3 billion in insurance for event, an effort to assuage worries that city taxpayers could be left footing the bill.
Pharmacy owners cannot cite religion to deny medicine: U.S. appeals court
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The state of Washington can require a pharmacy to deliver medicine even if the pharmacy’s owner has a religious objection, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday, the latest in a series of judgements on whether religious be…
N.Y. City must release misconduct records for officer in chokehold case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A state judge has ordered New York City to release a summary of misconduct findings against the police officer who put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold in a case that added to the national debate on how police deal with minorities….
New Mexico couple set homeless man ablaze with fireworks: police
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) – Police in New Mexico have arrested an Albuquerque couple accused of setting a homeless man ablaze with fireworks as he slept on a city sidewalk, authorities said on Thursday.
Philadelphia postman charged after 22,500 pieces mail found undelivered
(Reuters) – About 22,500 pieces of undelivered mail are making their way to their intended recipients this week, more than a year after a Philadelphia postal carrier began hoarding them in his home, federal authorities said.
Canada Valentine’s Day massacre suspects headed for trial
HALIFAX (Reuters) – The case of a Canadian man and American woman accused of plotting a shopping mall massacre in the Atlantic Canadian city of Halifax will proceed to trial, a court confirmed on Thursday, though the trial may not start until 2016.
District of Columbia clears path to vote on $15 per hour minimum wage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The District of Columbia could raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by mid-2020 under a ballot initiative cleared this week, making it the latest U.S. city to consider raising base pay for hourly workers.
Swimmers take dip in long-polluted New York lake to hail cleanup
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (Reuters) – A group of swimmers took a plunge in a New York lake long considered one of the most polluted U.S. waterways to prove it is now safe for recreation.
Back from brink, all-women Sweet Briar College faces rough road
SWEET BRIAR, Va. (Reuters) – High school senior Alexis Zsamboran was devastated when she heard that Sweet Briar College was planning to close and join a long line of U.S. all-women’s schools that have shut their doors.
