Seattle area gas-line blast injures two
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Two men were injured after a gas-line explosion outside a commercial building in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue on Thursday, fire and hospital officials said.
Crews battle wildfires raging across California, Alaska and Arizona
JUNEAU, Alaska/PHOENIX (Reuters) – Wildfires raging in three West Coast states have forced more than 1,000 people to be evacuated from their homes this week in blazes that mark an early start to what experts say may be a particularly destructive fire s…
Lyft to pay $300,000 to settle N.Y. attorney general claims
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ride-sharing company Lyft Inc will pay $300,000 to New York authorities to resolve claims that its entry into the Buffalo and Rochester markets was illegal, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Thursday.
Brian Williams not returning to NBC’s ‘Nightly News’; to join MSNBC
NEW YORK (Reuters) – NBC said news anchor Brian Williams, suspended for fabricating a story about being on board a helicopter when it was attacked in Iraq, will not be returning as anchor of the top-rated “Nightly News” program.
New York prison superintendent in spotlight after convicts escape
(Reuters) – A daring escape by two convicted murderers from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, has thrust the prison’s superintendent, Steven Racette, into the spotlight as officials examine conditions surrounding the June 6 brea…
UAW president: no Fiat Chrysler merger that cuts jobs
DETROIT (Reuters) – United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams said on Thursday the union has not taken a position on merger comments made by Fiat Chrysler’s chief executive, but said he would be against any plan that would cut union-represented job…
New York City says Verizon did not keep FiOS promise
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City said Verizon Communications Inc has failed to fulfill its promise to extend its FiOS high-speed Internet, television and phone service across the city by mid-2014.
U.S. top court backs death row inmate over intellectual disability claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided U.S. Supreme Court gave a convicted cop killer on Louisiana’s death row a chance to avert execution, ruling on Thursday that the man was eligible for a hearing on whether he is intellectually disabled.
Colorado massacre trial to hear from youngest victim’s mother
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Jurors in the Colorado movie massacre trial will hear the youngest victim’s mother describe discovering that she was pregnant earlier that day and how she took her six-year-old daughter to a Batman film to celebrate, the j…
Hastert defense attorney complains about leaks to judge
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A defense attorney for former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert complained to a federal judge on Thursday about leaks to the media, which he said could interfere with his client’s right to a fair trial on money transaction charges.
