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….
Father of four boys found in squalid Denver home gets prison
DENVER (Reuters) – A father of four malnourished boys found living amid squalor inside a Denver home and unable to speak except by grunts was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison, prosecutors said.
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.
