Chicago pension reform litigation extends to second city fund
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Litigation seeking to derail changes to Chicago public worker pensions on constitutional grounds ensnared a second city retirement system on Monday.
California surfer survives great white shark attack
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A 50-year-old shark attack victim was listed in good condition on Monday, recovering in a Central California hospital after he was bitten in the leg and dragged underwater by a great white while surfing over the weekend.
Brooklyn mother dies in fall from chairlift at Hunter ski area
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 44-year-old Brooklyn woman died of injuries suffered when she fell 25 feet from a chairlift at Hunter Mountain ski area in New York’s Catskill Mountains, the Greene County coroner said on Monday.
Census puts U.S. population at 320.09 million, up 0.7 percent from year-ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. population is seen at 320.09 million people as of Jan. 1, up 0.73 percent from a year earlier, the Census Bureau said on Monday.
FDA approves Roche Ebola test for emergency use
ZURICH (Reuters) – Roche Holding AG said U.S. health regulators have approved its Ebola test for emergency use in response to the world’s worst outbreak of the disease in West Africa.
Fifth person dies after devastating Mississippi tornadoes
(Reuters) – A fifth person has died of injuries following severe storms in southeastern Mississippi that also damaged hundreds of homes and dozens of businesses, local authorities said on Monday.
Texas police investigate deaths of four people in Fort Worth area home
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Police in Texas responding to a possible suicide at a home in suburban Fort Worth found the bodies of a man, two women and a girl inside the residence, officials said on Monday.
Tensions with New York City police go beyond racial issues: commissioner
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tensions between New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the police are rooted in issues that go beyond racial relations, the police commissioner said on Sunday, a day after the funeral of one of the two officers slain a week ago in…
Woman plans guilty plea in triple Texas murders: prosecutor
(Reuters) – A woman charged with helping her husband kill a Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant district attorney has reached a tentative agreement to plead guilty to murder, the special prosecutor in the case said on Sunday.
Woman plans guilty plea in triple Texas murders, prosecutor says
(Reuters) – A woman charged with helping her husband kill a Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant district attorney has reached a tentative agreement to plead guilty to murder, the special prosecutor in the case said on Sunday.
