Detroit mayor presents budget with eye on easing oversight
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan presented a fiscal 2016 budget on Tuesday to the city council, warning that any changes in the spending plan would need approval from the post-bankruptcy city’s oversight board.
Union chief says U.S. refinery strike could spread
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The largest U.S. refinery strike in 35 years could spread if talks over improved safety conditions do not resume soon, United Steelworkers union (USW) International President Leo Gerard said on Tuesday.
U.S. Senator Warren makes push on middle-class issues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has so far brushed aside calls to seek the presidency, launched a campaign on Tuesday to tackle middle-class issues expected to be prominent in the 2016 election and promised to be a …
U.S. conservatives urge Boehner to hold firm on immigration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative Republicans urged House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner not to capitulate in a fight with Democrats over President Barack Obama’s immigration policy that threatens a partial Homeland Security shutdown later t…
Wintry mix in U.S. South creates slick conditions for commuters
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – Commuters across the South faced dicey driving conditions on Tuesday as snow and ice blanketed roads, a wintry mix that turned highways into parking lots and caused schools to close even after buses were already picking …
Judge won’t block protesters from Boston Marathon bombing trial
(Reuters) – Protesters who say they support the accused Boston Marathon bomber will be allowed to demonstrate outside his trial, a U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday, denying a request by the defendant’s lawyers to stop the assemblies.
Police searching for Florida university shooters
MIAMI (Reuters) – Classes resumed on Tuesday at a central Florida university where police searched for at least two shooters who injured three students the previous night.
About 20 manatees rescued from Florida storm drain
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – About 20 Florida manatees were freed by early Tuesday morning from a storm drain near Cape Canaveral, where they were apparently trying to warm themselves, officials and local media said.
Maryland prison officers on leave after death in steamy cell
(Reuters) – Three Maryland correctional officers have been placed on administrative leave as officials investigate the death of an inmate in a steam-filled cell, a prison spokesman said on Tuesday.
Religious groups back Muslim woman in U.S. high court scarf case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Muslim woman denied a sales job at an Abercrombie & Fitch Co clothing store in Oklahoma because she wears a head scarf has won the support of Christians, Jews, Sikhs and fellow Muslims as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear her case.
