President Obama to make Chicago district a national monument
CHICAGO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will designate part of Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood, a site famous in the history of urban planning, labor and the civil rights movement, as a national monument, the White House said on Tuesday.
Penalty on tap for worker who urinated in California reservoir
(Reuters) – A public utilities employee found to have urinated into a California drinking water reservoir that had been emptied for maintenance likely will be suspended for several days without pay, a utility official said on Tuesday.
Massachusetts transit official defends snowstorm shutdown
BOSTON (Reuters) – The head of Massachusetts’ transportation authority on Tuesday defended the decision to shut Boston-area subways and rail service after a record-setting string of snowstorms that has hammered the northeastern United States in the pas…
Missouri execution planned, questions over lethal drugs persist
(Reuters) – Missouri prepared for its first execution of the year on Tuesday amid continued scrutiny of the secrecy surrounding its lethal injection protocols.
Jeb Bush talks education, releases emails as he eyes 2016 bid
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) – Republican Jeb Bush on Tuesday released emails from his time as Florida governor ahead of a visit to the state capital to raise money and showcase education reforms he started in an effort to burnish his credentials as he …
New York conducts annual homeless count, critics say it’s flawed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Thousands of volunteers fanned out across New York before dawn on Tuesday to conduct the city’s yearly homeless survey, trying to count the people who wander the sidewalks all night, sleep in subways for warmth or slip into the sha…
Moon objects found in astronaut Neil Armstrong’s closet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A treasure trove of objects that were supposed to have been left behind after the first moon landing have turned up in the closet of Neil Armstrong, the first man to step onto the lunar surface, the Smithsonian Institution has sa…
Ex-boyfriend goes on trial for murder of Connecticut actress
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – The former boyfriend of a Connecticut actress killed in her home in 2006 goes on trial for her murder on Tuesday.
U.S. Senate panel backs Carter for Secretary for Defense
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee voted 25-0 on Tuesday to back Ashton Carter as President Barack Obama’s next Secretary of Defense, paving the way for what is expected to be an easy confirmation in the full Senate as soon…
U.S. to establish new cybersecurity agency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government is creating a new agency to monitor cybersecurity threats, pooling and analyzing information on a spectrum of risks, a senior Obama administration official said on Tuesday.
