Increased human protections offered as H5N2 outbreak spreads
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Hundreds of farm workers exposed to a highly pathogenic strain of bird flu have been offered antiviral medication as a preventative measure in recent days, U.S. public health officials said.
Truckers to strike four shipping companies at Southern California ports
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Truckers who haul freight from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will go on strike against four ground-shipment companies on Monday, a Teamsters union official said, in a move that could revive labor tension at the nation’…
Top U.S. court appears on cusp of declaring right to gay marriage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s arguments on Tuesday over same-sex marriage will cap more than two decades of litigation and a transformation in public attitudes.
Gunshots fired at rapper Lil Wayne’s tour buses on Georgia highway
(Reuters) – Multiple gunshots were fired early Sunday into two buses carrying Grammy-winning rap music star Lil Wayne and his entourage on a Georgia highway following a performance in Atlanta, but no one was hurt, police said.
Baltimore mayor says outsiders turned peaceful protest violent
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Baltimore’s mayor and police on Sunday again blamed outside agitators for violence and vandalism that flared during a mostly peaceful protest over last week’s death of a young black man who sustained an unexplained spinal injury w…
For-profit Corinthian Colleges to shut down remaining campuses
(Reuters) – For-profit college operator Corinthian Colleges Inc, said on Sunday it will immediately shut down all its remaining campuses and cease substantially all other operations.
Marathon Galveston Bay workers back leadership’s rebuff of offer
LA MARQUE, Texas (Reuters) – More than 800 striking workers at Marathon Petroleum Corp’s Galveston Bay Refinery voted on Sunday to back their leaders’ rejection of a last, best and final offer from the company to end a three-month work stoppage.
Wake held in Baltimore for black man who died after arrest
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A wake was held on Sunday for the 25-year-old Baltimore man who died after being taken into police custody and sustaining a mysterious spinal injury, a death that has angered many residents of this predominantly African-American c…
For-profit Corinthian Colleges to shut down remaining campuses
(Reuters) – For-profit college operator Corinthian Colleges Inc said it will immediately shut down all its remaining campuses and cease substantially all other operations.
National Guard called up to deliver water in Minnesota bird flu fight
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Minnesota State Emergency Operations Center has called on the National Guard to deliver water for use in the effort to contain the rapidly spreading avian flu virus, the center said on Sunday.
