Second person injured following more gunfire in Ferguson: newspaper
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A second person was injured overnight following gunfire in Ferguson, Missouri after a protest near the site where unarmed black teen Michael Brown was shot dead by police last summer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported early…
Drop in disability rolls adds to signs of U.S. labor market recovery
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans on disability has declined for six months in a row in a sharp turnaround after years of increases, more evidence of the labor market recovery the Federal Reserve wants to see before nudging interest rates …
Washington state school shooting suspect held on $500,000 bail
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Washington state teenager who fired a gun inside his high school in an apparent attempt to provoke an on-campus guard into killing him made his first court appearance on Tuesday and was ordered held on $500,000 bail, officials sai…
United Express flight with engine fire forced to land in Philadelphia
(Reuters) – A plane with an engine on fire was forced to make an emergency landing on Tuesday at Philadelphia International Airport, where it landed safely, according to the airport and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
Strict California water cutback rules still on the table, state says
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California water regulators said they had created more nuanced ways for communities to show how much water they had used and saved, but refrained from making major changes to proposed new rules aimed at reducing water use…
Clinton, Republican presidential hopefuls, address Baltimore violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that violence and looting in the city of Baltimore following the funeral of a young black man who died after suffering injuries while in police custody are evidence o…
Nurses strike called off for University of Chicago
(Reuters) – A walkout by nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center was averted after the healthcare workers reached a tentative agreement with administrators, but strikes are still planned at hospitals in California, the union said.
Survivors of Colorado cinema massacre describe horrors for jury
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – A woman who survived Colorado’s movie theater massacre found an escape route blocked by bodies, she told jurors on Tuesday in the murder trial of gunman James Holmes. And a nine-months pregnant woman slipped in blood while…
Thousands of police descend on Baltimore to enforce curfew after riots
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – As night falls on Baltimore on Tuesday, thousands of police and National Guard troops fanned out to enforce a new curfew and prevent further violence as the mayor fended off criticism that she responded sluggishly to a night of ri…
U.S. officials predict a return of avian flu in the fall
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. agriculture officials say it is “highly probable” that the virulent avian flu viruses that have hit U.S. poultry operations hard in recent weeks will return next fall when wild bird populations migrate south, potentially spreading the viruses into new regions of the country.
