U.S. top court rules for employer in retiree benefits fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with a company that amended a collective bargaining agreement to force retirees to pay toward healthcare costs, throwing out a lower-court ruling that favored the former employees who object…
Georgia police arrest suspect after car-buying couple disappear
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A suspect sought in the disappearance of a suburban Atlanta couple missing since they traveled to the southern part of Georgia last week to buy a vintage car off Craigslist turned himself in on Monday, a local sheriff said.
American Airlines Group canceling flights from major northeast hubs
(Reuters) – American Airlines Group has canceled all late afternoon and evening flights scheduled for Monday from the New York area, Philadelphia and Boston as a major winter storm bears down on the northeast, spokeswoman Andrea Huguely said.
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.
