Fees, expenses for Detroit bankruptcy hit nearly $178 million
(Reuters) – Detroit’s historic bankruptcy, which officially ended earlier this month, cost the city nearly $178 million in fees and expenses for teams of lawyers and consultants, according to a city court filing on Tuesday.
Tensions remain after New York City mayor meets police unions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police union leaders said their grievances with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio remained unresolved after meeting with him on Tuesday, 10 days after they said he was partly to blame for a gunman’s deadly attack on two policemen….
Wall collapse at Chicago Morton Salt facility sends salt spilling
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A wall of the Morton Salt building on Chicago’s North Side collapsed on Tuesday afternoon, spilling hundreds of pounds of salt onto cars of an adjacent Acura dealership.
Woman shot, killed at Walmart in Idaho by two-year-old son
(Reuters) – A woman was accidentally shot and killed at a Walmart store in northern Idaho on Tuesday when her 2-year-old son pulled a loaded handgun from her purse that then went off, a county sheriff said.
Effort to kill California’s ban on plastic grocery bags moves forward
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – An effort to kill California’s first-in-the-nation state ban on single-use plastic grocery bags advanced this week after bag makers spent several million dollars on a campaign to gather signatures for a proposed ballot in…
Harvard to change sexual assault policies after federal investigation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Harvard University has agreed to make changes to its sexual assault policies and review some cases after an investigation found its law school had handled victim complaints poorly, the U.S. Department of Education said on Tuesday…
Victims of Fort Hood shooting in Texas seek ‘terrorism’ declaration
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – Lawyers for 40 military personnel and civilians killed or wounded in an attack at the Fort Hood military post in Texas by a former Army psychologist filed a petition on Tuesday with the Pentagon asking the incident be declared a…
Washington, D.C. CFO cuts revenue forecast for fiscal 2015
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief financial officer of Washington, D.C. cut his projections for the district’s revenue this fiscal year by $83.4 million, in a report released on Tuesday.
Baby found starved to death in Florida, parents charged with murder: police
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – The parents of a 22-day-old baby found starved to death in Florida have been charged with first-degree murder, police said on Tuesday, accusing them of neglecting the suffering infant.
Four killed in apparent murder-suicide in Texas home: police
DALLAS (Reuters) – A woman and her two teenage daughters found dead inside a suburban Fort Worth home on Sunday were likely killed by the woman’s former boyfriend, who then took his own life, police said on Tuesday.
