New York moves to raise state minimum wage to $15 for fast-food workers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York moved on Wednesday to raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour by the end of 2018 in New York City and by mid-2021 in the rest of the state.
Four adults, three teens shot across Baltimore in overnight gun violence: police
(Reuters) – Seven people, including three teenagers, were shot and wounded across Baltimore in a spate of overnight gun violence that comes two weeks after the city’s police commissioner was fired amid a dramatic spike in murders, police said on Thursd…
Dog shot in Milwaukee following reports of lion on the prowl
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A dog in Milwaukee was expected to make a full recovery after being shot in apparent mistake for a lion reported to have been prowling city streets, authorities said on Wednesday.
Murder charge dropped against Texas hotel worker in newborn drowning
DALLAS (Reuters) – A murder charge has been dropped against a Dallas-area hotel worker accused of killing a baby she gave birth to in an employee locker-room toilet by allowing it to drown, police said on Wednesday.
Bill Cosby loses latest legal bid to block sexual abuse lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Bill Cosby lost his latest bid to fend off a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1974, as the California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the comedian’s petition …
700-acre California fire threatens homes, prompts evacuations
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A 700-acre fire burning in Northern California on Wednesday has threatened homes, prompted evacuations and forced the closure of a highway, fire officials in the drought-parched state said.
Ohio police, university officials probe police slaying of unarmed black man
(Reuters) – The mayor of Cincinnati said on Wednesday a routine vehicle stop should not normally “lead to lethal force and a death” as happened in the killing of an unarmed black man by a white campus patrolman in Ohio.
Immigration to U.S. from Mexico drops sharply: study
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Even as immigration remains a hot topic in the U.S. presidential campaign, the number of people emigrating from Mexico to the United States, legally and illegally, has dropped sharply in recent years, research published Wednesda…
U.S. prosecutors charge two men in Philippines murder-for-hire plot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two North Carolina men were charged on Wednesday with killing a Filipino woman in a murder-for-hire plot, federal prosecutors in New York said.
Armed man arrested in LA where Biden was due to speak
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A man with a loaded handgun was arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday as he tried to drive through a security checkpoint outside a business where U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was due to speak a few hours later, police said.
