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.
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.
U.S. mulls ransom policy for families of overseas hostages: ABC TV
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration is considering changing a U.S. policy prohibiting families of hostages held overseas from making ransom payments to abductors, according to a television report on Sunday.
Two dead, five boaters missing after storm hits Alabama
(Reuters) – At least two people are dead and five are missing after a powerful storm capsized several vessels off the Alabama coast, including sailboats participating in a regatta, Coast Guard officials said on Sunday.
Alaska commuter air carrier suffered operational, training flaws before crash
(This April 24 story corrects headline to clarify that the air carrier in question is not Alaska Airlines, which has no involvement)
Oklahoma lethal injection drug faces U.S. Supreme Court test
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments this week on whether a drug used in Oklahoma’s lethal injection mix should be banned in a case that comes as a shortage of execution chemicals has sent some states scrambling for alternatives….
U.S. official denies report of Islamic State plot in California
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – CNN reported on Saturday that the FBI was investigating a possible Islamic State-inspired terrorism plot in California but a U.S. law enforcement official in Los Angeles denied there was any such threat.
