New York state lawmakers reach budget deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state lawmakers agreed on a budget plan late on Sunday night that includes much-debated reforms to the education system and ethics standards for lawmakers, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders said in statement.
Supreme Court rejects free speech appeal over Cinco de Mayo school dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact an appeals court ruling that school officials in California did not violate the free speech rights of students by demanding they remove T-shirts bearing images of the U.S. flag at an e…
Supreme Court preserves New York ban on worship services in schools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left intact New York City’s ban on religious worship services inside school buildings after hours.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Obamacare ‘death panel’ challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a new challenge to President Barack Obama’s healthcare law that took aim at a bureaucratic board labeled by some Republicans as a “death panel” because it was designed to cut Medi…
Eight dead, 10 injured in Florida van crash
(Reuters) – Eight people were killed and 10 were hurt in Florida on Monday when their church van drove through a stop sign and crashed into a road-side ditch that was partially filled with water, authorities said.
Two missing men likely found amid NYC gas explosion rubble: fire official
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two bodies found on Sunday at the site of a gas explosion that destroyed three New York City apartment buildings last week, injuring 22 people, were believed to be those of two unaccounted for men, the city’s top fire official said…
Firefighters gain on Montana fire that forced evacuation of ski area
(Reuters) – Firefighters in Montana on Sunday were working to contain a wildfire that forced the evacuation of hundreds from a ski area as flames driven by high winds threatened to engulf the only road to and from the resort, officials said.
Boston police officer shot in the face improving after surgery
(Reuters) – A Boston police officer who was shot in the face by a man during a traffic stop was improving after hours of surgery during which a bullet was removed from his neck, officials said on Sunday.
Two bodies found at New York City gas explosion site
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two bodies were found on Sunday at the site of a gas explosion that destroyed three New York City apartment buildings last week, injuring 22 people, and officials were working to determine if they were those of two men unaccounted …
Nebraska health care worker being monitored for Ebola has unrelated health issue: hospital
(Reuters) – One of five people being monitored by an Omaha, Nebraska medical center after possible exposure to the Ebola virus in West Africa has been hospitalized for a health problem unrelated to Ebola, health officials said on Sunday.
