Bill to ease Chicago pension payments gets final legislative OK
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Reuters) – A bill to restructure Chicago’s payments to its public safety workers’ retirement funds by lowering contributions in the near term won final legislative approval on Sunday from the Illinois Senate.
HVAC unit falls 30 stories into Manhattan street, hurts 10
(Reuters) – Ten people suffered non-life threatening injuries in New York on Sunday when a crane dropped a heating and air conditioning unit being loaded onto a Manhattan building, sending it crashing into the street 30 stories below, the fire departme…
NBC looks to find new role for suspended Brian Williams, CNN says
(Reuters) – NBC is attempting to find a new role for Brian Williams, one of America’s most prominent television journalists, after suspending him for fabricating a story that he had come under fire on a helicopter during the Iraq war, CNN reported on S…
Joe Biden’s son Beau dies of brain cancer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, died on Saturday after battling brain cancer, the vice president said. He was 46.
Jeb Bush says U.S. should embed some troops with Iraqis for training
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Jeb Bush, calling President Barack Obama’s handling of the Islamic State a failure, said the United States should embed some U.S. troops with Iraqi forces to train them and identify targets.
Two stabbed, wounded at Tufts University frat house
(Reuters) – Two people were stabbed and injured inside a fraternity house at Tufts University near Boston on Sunday morning, the university said on its web site.
U.S. defense chief monitoring military anthrax investigation
HAI PHONG, Vietnam (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is “keeping in close touch” with events surrounding the discovery that live samples of the deadly anthrax bacteria had been sent by a Defense Department laboratory to 11 U.S. states and t…
States enlist prisoners, plan biosecurity to combat avian flu threat
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Indiana is training 300 prisoners to kill infected chickens and banning bird shows at county fairs. Mississippi is considering road barricades and planning biosecurity measures. Iowa is trying to figure out how to deal with a mounta…
U.S. police have shot dead 385 people in five months: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. police have shot and killed 385 people during the first five months of this year, a rate of more than two a day, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.
Texas Senate clears concealed carry of guns on campus
(Reuters) – The Republican-controlled Texas Senate voted on Saturday to allow the licensed carrying of concealed handguns in most state university buildings.
