Los Angeles transportation agency to cut water use by 20 percent
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles County transportation agency, facing a catastrophic drought that has led the state to issue its first ever mandatory cutbacks in urban water use, has decided to reduce its water consumption by 20 percent by 2017….
Chicago teachers union says it has broken off contract talks
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Chicago Teachers Union official said on Thursday the union has broken off contract talks with the public school system but it was too soon to say if there would be a repeat of the 2012 strike.
Iraqi student pilot was flying F-16 that crashed in Arizona
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Iraqi student pilot was flying an Iraqi military F-16 fighter jet that crashed in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico border during a night training mission, U.S. military officials and Iraq’s government said on Thursday.
Texas wants its gold back and promises to build it a safe home
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas has a new law to set up a depository for gold that is backed by many in the state’s Republican leadership who have expressed distrust of the U.S. Federal Reserve and feel more comfortable with a precious-metal backed cur…
Maryland police shoot, kill unarmed man in domestic disturbance
(Reuters) – Police officers in Maryland killed an unarmed man on Thursday, firing at least 19 rounds in a domestic disturbance incident, authorities said.
Kidnapped missionary was freed as U.S. tested hostage policy shift -family
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The family of a U.S missionary kidnapped in Nigeria earlier this year said on Thursday it paid a ransom to secure her release in March while receiving around-the-clock guidance from federal agents under a newly changed hostage-respo…
NY prison guard helped escapees in exchange for snitching, art: documents
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Reuters) – A guard charged in the upstate New York escape of two inmates said he allowed them into the prison’s internal catwalks, which they later used to flee, in return for snitching on other inmates, according to court documents….
Boston bomber moved to federal penitentiary in Colorado: official
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Thursday was moved to a U.S. penitentiary in Florence, Colorado, home to the so-called “Supermax” unit that houses high-risk prisoners, a spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons said.
Central Park restaurant sued for sexual, racial harassment
(Reuters) – A former maitre d’ at a restaurant in New York City’s Central Park claims in a lawsuit filed on Thursday that she was subjected to constant sexual harassment and racial discrimination and demoted after she complained.
Colorado movie massacre defense seeks to prove gunman’s insanity
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) – Defense lawyers in Colorado’s movie massacre trial opened their case on Thursday, calling a psychiatrist as they seek to prove gunman James Holmes was insane and not in control of his actions when he plotted and carried ou…
