U.S. refinery strike continues with no steps toward settlement
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The largest U.S. refinery strike since 1980 continued through its 25th day on Wednesday with no movement toward renewed talks to end a walkout by 6,550 union workers at 15 plants, including 12 refineries accounting for one-fifth of …
Former Mississippi prisons chief pleads guilty in bribery case
(Reuters) – The former head of Mississippi’s prison system pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal charges stemming from allegations that he accepted bribes from a businessman who held large-scale prison contracts, prosecutors and a defense lawyer said….
Hearing for fatal western Pennsylvania arson case postponed
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – A preliminary hearing was postponed on Wednesday for a western Pennsylvania man accused of killing six people in a fire at his neighbor’s house that prosecutors say he set in retribution for the neighbor’s suspected snitching in …
Guantanamo judge halts 9/11 case over courts chief’s order
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – A U.S. military judge on Wednesday ordered a halt to pre-trial hearings for five Guantanamo Bay inmates accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks until an order requiring judges to relocate to the naval base in Cuba is…
Viking boats to cruise Mississippi River
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Viking Cruises Ltd will establish its first North American beachhead, a homeport in New Orleans, and will offer cruises up the Mississippi River starting in 2017, the company and Louisiana officials announced.
Three-story building in NY City partially collapses
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A three-story building undergoing demolition partially collapsed on Manhattan’s West Side on Wednesday, injuring a construction worker and raining rubble onto a parked school bus and its driver.
U.S. justices show support for Muslim woman denied job due to head scarf
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday signaled support for a Muslim woman who filed a lawsuit after she was denied a job at an Abercrombie & Fitch Co clothing store in Oklahoma because she wore a head scarf for religious reasons.
Washington, D.C. – from monuments to meetings
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It’s not all politics and no play in Washington, D.C.
U.S. high court ruling good for accused Boston bomber’s friend: lawyer
BOSTON (Reuters) – A friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber convicted of obstructing the investigation into the deadly blasts may be exonerated due to a Supreme Court decision in an unrelated case, one of his attorneys said on Wednesday.
Ohio man accused of providing support for Middle East terror
(Reuters) – A judge on Wednesday set bail at $1 million for an Ohio man accused in state charges of providing support and money laundering in support of terror, prosecutors said without identifying the people he was accused of aiding.
