Virginia town could lose city hall, police station amid default
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – A small Virginia city could lose its city hall and police station after its dream to use a municipal golf course as an economic driver went bust.
New York orders insurers to cover gender reassignment surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Insurers can no longer deny coverage of gender reassignment surgery or other sex change treatment for transgender New Yorkers, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Thursday.
California cities recovering from recession but unevenly, report says
(Reuters) – Cities in California as a whole are largely recovering from the recession but not all with the same vigor.
U.S. FCC raises schools’ Internet subsidy amid net neutrality protests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. communications regulators on Thursday held the year’s last public meeting, where they voted to increase the largest U.S. education technology subsidy and protesters interrupted with calls for stricter regulations for Interne…
Demonstrations aside, it’s not 1960s Berkeley any more
BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) – Gray-haired activists still hand out leaflets on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, but the California university town that has seen violent protests over police killings of unarmed black men is a far cry from the leftist hotbed…
Surf’s up! Chile start-up turns fishing nets into skateboards
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A Chile-based start-up venture that collects discarded fishing nets from the country’s long coastline and turns them into skateboards for U.S. teenagers is garnering attention from investors as sales ramp up.
American nurse exposed to Ebola to be admitted to NIH center
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An American nurse who was exposed to Ebola while volunteering in an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone will be admitted to the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Maryland on Thursday, NIH announced.
Chicago proposes chokehold ban in wake of U.S. protests
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago city council members have proposed a ban on the use of chokeholds by police officers working within city limits in an expansive proposal coming in the wake of the chokehold death of an unarmed black man being arrested in New…
U.S. chokehold protesters stage ‘die-ins’, issue demands in NY
BERKELEY, Calif./NEW YORK (Reuters) – Students at medical schools around the United States staged “die-ins” to protest the chokehold death by police of an unarmed black man, and New York activists demanded the city take action after a grand jury declin…
Italy pursues alleged New York mobster for extortion
ROME (Reuters) – U.S. police, acting at the request of an Italian court, have arrested a New York City man authorities identify as a member of the Gambino mob family for extortion, Italian officials said on Thursday.
