Two high-profile Massachusetts trials delayed by forecast storm
BOSTON (Reuters) – Two high-profile criminal trials in Massachusetts, that of the accused Boston Marathon bomber and a former New England Patriots player charged with murdering an associate, will be delayed by an impending winter storm, judges said on …
Exclusive: USDA Secretary orders update of agency’s animal welfare research strategy
CHICAGO (Reuters) – (This Jan 23 story corrects name of service throughout to Agricultural Research Service)
California turkey farm quarantined after bird flu detected
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A California turkey farm has been quarantined after confirmation of the first case of an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza strain in the Pacific Northwest and in a commercial flock, the U.S. government said.
United Airlines cancels all Tuesday flights from major Northeast hubs
(Reuters) – United Airlines said on Monday it will cancel all of its Tuesday flights from the New York area, Boston and Philadelphia as a potentially historic blizzard rips through the Northeast.
Two dead in apparent murder-suicide at NYC Home Depot: NYPD
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two people were killed after a shooting in a Home Depot store in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood on Sunday afternoon in what appears to be a murder-suicide, two New York Police Department (NYPD) spokesmen said.
N.Y. State Assembly Speaker Silver to temporarily relinquish duties: NYT
(Reuters) – New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he fights federal corruption charges, the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the matter.
U.S. firms raising wages; skills gap in goods producing sector: survey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A significant number of American companies plan to raise wages in the next three months, a survey showed on Monday, bolstering expectations of an acceleration in wage growth this year.
Union sends messages of frustration in U.S. refinery contract talks
HOUSTON (Reuters) – In five days of negotiations for a new three-year contract covering hourly workers at 63 U.S. refineries, the United Steelworkers union (USW) has sent only messages of frustration to its members.
Two flights evacuated at Sea-Tac International over security issue
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two commercial airline flights were evacuated after landing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Sunday over a security concern, a spokesman for the airport said.
Obama to propose protecting U.S. Arctic wildlife refuge from drilling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will call on Congress to expand protection of Alaska’s Arctic refuge where oil and gas drilling is prohibited to 12 million acres (5 million hectares), an area that includes 1.4 million oil-rich acres along…
