California Senate votes to end beliefs waiver for school vaccinations
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California parents who do not vaccinate their children would have to home-school them under a bill passed Thursday by the state Senate, the latest move in a battle between public health officials and “anti-vaxxers” who fe…
Philadelphia train crash engineer lays low as scrutiny heats up
PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A portrait of the engineer at the helm of a speeding Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia began to emerge on Thursday as the man’s lawyer said his client could not remember the crash, and rescuers pulled an eight…
San Bernardino bankruptcy plan: bondholders hammered while pensions kept whole
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) – The Southern California city of San Bernardino wants to repay its pension bondholders just a penny on the dollar while paying the state pension fund Calpers in full under its long-awaited bankruptcy exit plan released…
New Navajo president opposes $1 billion Grand Canyon project
PHOENIX (Reuters) – The new leader of the largest Native American tribe in the United States has reaffirmed his opposition to a controversial $1 billion Grand Canyon development project that features an aerial tram, a spokesman for his office said on T…
DuPont Texas plant workers who died lacked protection: OSHA
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Four workers died at in a November lethal gas release at a DuPont chemical plant because the company failed to provide proper safety training and policies, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said on Thursday.
Florida governor signs bill that outlaws online ‘revenge porn’
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) – Governor Rick Scott signed legislation Thursday making it illegal in Florida to post “revenge porn” on the Internet, joining more than a dozen other U.S. states.
Four dead at home that burned in Washington: local media
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Four people were found dead in a home in northwest Washington after a fire on Thursday that the chief of police said was “suspicious” in nature.
Missouri white supremacist will defend himself at murder trial
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) – A Missouri white supremacist charged with three murders in a shooting spree outside two Jewish centers in a Kansas City suburb can represent himself at a trial where he could be sentenced to death if convicted, a judge rul…
Illinois lawmakers reject right-to-work, send message to governor
(Reuters) – Illinois Democratic lawmakers rejected their own right-to-work bill on Thursday in a symbolic vote meant to send a message to Republican Governor Bruce Rauner, who says he wants union membership to be voluntary.
FBI arrests Iraqi immigrant for lying about ties to Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested an Iraqi immigrant to the United States who traveled to Syria for allegedly lying to investigators about pledging allegiance to the leader of Islamic State, a court documen…
