California ‘maternity hotel’ operators may face heat from guests
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – At least some of the pregnant women from China caught up in raids this week on so-called maternity hotels, catering to foreign mothers-to-be seeking U.S. citizenship for their babies, are still likely to remain long enough in Ca…
Protest over homelessness sprawls in Tucson, Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. (Reuters) – A federal lawsuit stemming from the Occupy movement more than three years ago has led to a sprawling homelessness protest in Tucson, Arizona, that has scores of people living in coffin-like plywood sidewalk “pods,” and the cou…
U.S. appeals court puts Nebraska same-sex marriages on hold
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday put on hold a federal judge’s ruling that would have allowed same-sex couples in Nebraska to marry starting on Monday.
BNSF oil train derails in rural Illinois; two cars aflame
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A BNSF Railway [BNISF.UL] train loaded with crude oil derailed and caught fire on Thursday afternoon in a rural area south of Galena, Illinois, according to local officials and the company.
Exclusive: New York attorney general seeks information on financier Epstein’s philanthropy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Attorney General’s Office has sent letters to the charitable foundation of financier Jeffrey Epstein seeking information on whether it is complying with state registration requirements.
Protests shut down University of California Santa Cruz campus
(Reuters) – Protesters shut down the campus of the University of California at Santa Cruz on Thursday, police said, on the fourth day of demonstrations that organizers said were over planned tuition hikes as well as police brutality.
BNSF oil train derails in rural Illinois; two cars aflame
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A BNSF Railway [BNISF.UL] train loaded with crude oil derailed and caught fire on Thursday afternoon in a rural area south of Galena, Illinois, according to local officials and the company.
U.S. appeals court puts Nebraska same-sex marriages on hold
(Reuters) – A federal judge’s ruling that would have allowed same-sex couples in Nebraska to marry starting on Monday will be stayed pending an appeal by state officials, a U.S. appeals court panel said on Thursday.
New trial sought for Pennsylvania boy convicted of murder at age 11
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – Attorneys for a Pennsylvania boy convicted of murdering his father’s pregnant girlfriend when he was 11 years old asked a judge on Thursday to grant him a new trial or set him free.
Delta jet skids off runway during snowstorm at NY airport
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Delta Air Lines Inc jet landing during a snowstorm at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Thursday slid off the runway and struck a fence before coming to rest on a snow-covered embankment just feet from the frigid waters of Flushing…
