Obama plans to expand overtime eligibility for millions of workers
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday announced a proposal that would make nearly 5 million more workers eligible for overtime pay, a move that would touch nearly every sector of the U.S. economy and could face legal challenges.
Arizona to pay firefighter families $670,000 over wildfire deaths
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona will pay a total of $670,000 to the families of the 19 elite firefighters killed in the country’s deadliest wildfire in 80 years and has agreed to reform the way it fights wildfires, state officials said.
Oregon bumblebee deaths prompt state investigation
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Hundreds of bumblebees have been found dead in downtown Portland during the past two weeks, prompting agriculture officials in Oregon to investigate whether the die-offs may be connected to other bee deaths reported across th…
White House to make more workers eligible for overtime: Bloomberg
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Millions more U.S. workers will be eligible for overtime pay under a draft rule to be announced by the federal government as early as Tuesday, Bloomberg News said on Monday, citing an Obama administration official who spoke on co…
PETA sues California over chicken slaughter methods
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An animal rights group sued the California Department of Food and Agriculture on Monday, seeking to end the electric stunning of chickens before they are slaughtered.
Backers of California pot-legalization ballot measure given OK to get signatures
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Supporters of a California ballot initiative to legalize marijuana for recreational use may begin gathering signatures to place it before voters in 2016, a state official said on Monday.
Washington state wildfire destroys at least 23 homes
WENATCHEE, Wash. (Reuters) – A wildfire burning unchecked in Washington state has destroyed at least 23 homes and three commercial buildings near the eastern foothills of the Cascades, state police and emergency management officials said on Monday.
Three former Berkeley students sue university over sexual assaults
(Reuters) – Three women filed a lawsuit on Monday against the University of California at Berkeley claiming they were sexually assaulted while students and the school did not do enough to protect them, attorneys said.
NYPD revamps efforts to hire black, Muslim officers: commissioner
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Even with minorities nearly outnumbering whites among New York City police officers, the department is struggling to hire enough blacks and Muslims to reflect changing city demographics, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said in an …
Shot during capture, New York inmate in serious condition
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Reuters) – Doctors updated the condition of David Sweat from critical to serious on Monday, a day after he was shot after more than three weeks on the run, officials said, and he will be turned over to prison authorities as soon as h…
