Accused members of N.J. crime family of ‘Sopranos’ fame arrested
(Reuters) – Ten reputed members and associates of a New Jersey crime family thought to be the inspiration for the hit show “The Sopranos” were arrested on Thursday and charged with plotting to commit murder, sell drugs and run a high-end prostitution r…
North Dakota’s job landscape shifting (for now) away from Big Oil
WILLISTON, N.D. (Reuters) – Halliburton Co, Schlumberger NV and other large energy companies were conspicuously absent from a major North Dakota job fair this week, a telling sign as employers in the No. 2 U.S. oil-producing state grapple with sliding …
Union says tentative deal reached to end U.S. refinery strike
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The United Steelworkers union and oil companies have reached a tentative deal to end the largest U.S. refinery strike in 35 years, the labor group and people familiar with the negotiations said on Thursday.
Harper Lee wants second novel published, Alabama official says
(Reuters) – An Alabama agency has closed an investigation into whether Harper Lee, the 88-year-old author of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” was manipulated into the publication of a second novel after she made clear she wanted it in print, a state official s…
Oil field blast kills one worker, injures another in New Mexico
(Reuters) – An explosion at an oil field in southeastern New Mexico killed one worker and seriously injured another while the men were installing a drilling pipe on Wednesday afternoon, the Lea County undersheriff said on Thursday.
California faces test as it changes school performance measures
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – California will no longer rely solely on student test scores as a measure of how well a public school is performing, the latest effort to balance criticism of standardized testing with increased calls for accountability i…
Dr. Nancy Snyderman leaves NBC News after breaking Ebola quarantine
(Reuters) – NBC News said on Thursday that its chief medical correspondent, Nancy Snyderman, is leaving the network months after the doctor made a controversial decision to break an Ebola quarantine to get take-out soup from a restaurant.
U.S. Army sergeant sentenced to two years for running sex ring
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. Army soldier who ran a prostitution ring at Fort Hood, one of the largest Army bases in the country, was sentenced by a military judge in Texas on Thursday to two years in prison and given a dishonorable discharge, offi…
Obama budget would shrink deficits by $1.2 trillion over 10 years: CBO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2016 budget proposal would shrink U.S. deficits by $1.232 trillion over 10 years compared to those expected under current tax and spending laws, the Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday.
NIH center to admit U.S. healthcare worker with Ebola
(Reuters) – The U.S. National Institutes of Health will admit to its hospital on Friday a U.S. healthcare worker who tested positive for the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone.
