Chicago’s Mayor Emanuel hopes to avoid run-off in election
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will easily take first place in Tuesday’s municipal election, but polls show he may miss the 50 percent mark needed to avoid a run-off in the race to lead the financially challenged, third-largest U.S. cit…
NJ’s Christie strikes tentative teachers’ pension deal
Trenton, NJ (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie struck a deal with the state’s teachers on a “road map” for pension reform while warning of a dire future if other unions do not make similar commitments to cut the cost of workers’ retirement …
Man who confessed to Etan Patz murder was prompted, detective testifies
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The man accused of kidnapping and killing 6-year-old Etan Patz three decades ago was prompted by police on details of the case before he confessed to the crimes, a police detective testified on Tuesday.
Republicans propose declaring Idaho a ‘Christian state’
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Members of a county Republican Party in Idaho are to take up a measure on Tuesday evening that would declare the state a Christian one to bolster what the proposal calls the “Judeo-Christian bedrock of the founding of the Unit…
Colorado man, 87, arrested in slaying of fellow nursing home resident
DENVER (Reuters) – An 87-year-old Colorado man who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease has been arrested for allegedly beating to death a 76-year-old fellow dementia patient at the nursing home where both men lived, authorities said on Tuesday.
Oklahoma House committee advances ‘conversion therapy’ bill
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – A bill that would protect an Oklahoma parent’s right to take a child to conversion therapy aimed at eliminating same-sex attraction or gender confusion advanced on Tuesday from a state House of Representatives committee.
U.S. won’t file charges against George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin death
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – George Zimmerman will not face civil rights charges in the death of Trayvon Martin, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday, ending its probe three years after the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer fatally shot the unarmed…
New York City to have $1.6 billion budget surplus: comptroller
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City will have a budget surplus totaling $1.6 billion in fiscal years 2015 and 2016, due mainly to higher-than-anticipated tax revenues, the city’s top financial watchdog said on Tuesday.
Fifty hurt when Southern California commuter train slams into truck
OXNARD, Calif. (Reuters) – A Los Angeles-bound commuter train slammed into a produce truck apparently stuck on the tracks in a Southern California city before dawn on Tuesday, injuring 50 people in a fiery crash, some of them critically.
Seven utility workers injured in New Jersey house explosion
(Reuters) – More than a dozen New Jersey utility and emergency service workers were injured, two of them seriously, in a house explosion while they were responding to reports of a gas leak on Tuesday, officials said.
