GE reaches tentative labor agreement with U.S. unions
(Reuters) – General Electric Co said it has reached tentative agreement with its two biggest U.S. unions on a four-year national labor contract after three weeks of talks.
Supreme Court rejects Madoff trustee’s appeal over $4 billion recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact a court ruling that could prevent victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme from recouping more than $4 billion from customers who withdrew money before the enterprise collapsed.
‘White rights’ group leader cited by South Carolina shooter donated to Republicans: reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of a white supremacist group, cited by the suspected gunman who killed nine people at a black South Carolina church last week, has given thousands of dollars to several 2016 Republican presidential candidates, according …
Mourning shooting victims, Charleston anguishes over ‘freshness of death’
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Hundreds of people packed a sweltering Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston for an emotional memorial service on Sunday just days after a gunman, identified by authorities as a 21-year-old whit…
Mourning shooting victims, Charleston anguishes over ‘freshness of death’
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Hundreds of people packed a sweltering Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston for an emotional memorial service on Sunday just days after a gunman, identified by authorities as a 21-year-old whit…
Hunt for escaped convicts heats up near New York-Pennsylvania line
(Reuters) – Hundreds of law enforcement officers stepped up their hunt in western New York state for two convicted murderers who escaped from an upstate prison more than two weeks ago, as another possible sighting of the men was reported in a new searc…
Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of New Orleans policeman
(Reuters) – New Orleans police said on Sunday they had arrested a man suspected of shooting dead a city police officer who was transporting him to jail a day earlier.
Freak accident with marble slab kills New Jersey teenager
(Reuters) – A New Jersey teenager died in a freak accident when he became wedged between large slabs of granite and marble outside a countertop store not far from his home, according to local news reports.
Police converge on NY towns where escaped prisoners said sighted
DANNEMORA, N.Y. (Reuters) – Heavily-armed police converged on towns in western New York state on Saturday to investigate possible sightings of two convicted murderers who escaped a maximum-security prison two weeks ago, police said.
U.S. evangelicals draw battle lines against same-sex marriage
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – With the U.S. Supreme Court expected to rule by the end of the month on whether same-sex marriage is legal, many Christian evangelicals say they would refuse to obey a decision allowing gay unions.
