Senate Republicans select McConnell for majority leader
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Republicans on Thursday unanimously chose current Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky as their majority leader for the next congressional session, according to a senior Republican aide.
Letter from North Dakota: The Oil Party Rocks On
WILLISTON N.D. (Reuters) – Falling oil prices have spooked Wall Street and even parts of Texas. But in North Dakota’s booming oil patch, the crude-fueled party carries on.
U.S. Capitol workers, others strike for higher pay, union
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of striking federal contract workers, including for the first time some from the U.S. Capitol, rallied on Thursday to urge President Barack Obama to boost pay and spur unionization.
Grand jury testimony in black Missouri teen’s slaying nearly done: attorney
CLAYTON Mo. (Reuters) – The grand jury considering whether to charge a white Missouri police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen in August appears to be approaching the end of its process, lawyers for the family said on Thursday.
Plains farmland values mostly steady, loan demand up: KC Fed
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Farmland values in the central U.S. Plains held mostly steady in the July-September quarter compared to a year ago, with land prices and loan demand generally tracking commodity price trends, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City …
Attorneys for slain black Missouri teen to speak on Thursday
FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – Lawyers for the unarmed black teen shot dead by a Missouri police officer on Thursday planned to discuss a private autopsy the teen’s family commissioned, as the pathologist who performed it testifies before a grand jury.
911 tapes of Washington state school shooting rampage released
(Reuters) – Authorities on Wednesday released emergency-911 calls of the shooting rampage at a Washington state high school last month, providing details on the scene of carnage and confusion.
California man pleads not guilty to killing family of four
VICTORVILLE Calif. (Reuters) – An ex-convict pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to four counts of murder in the slayings of a couple and their two young sons whose skeletal remains were found buried last year in the California desert.
Arkansas Governor to pardon son’s drug conviction: report
(Reuters) – Outgoing Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe said on Wednesday that he will pardon his son for a felony drug conviction, local media reported.
New Orleans detectives faulted for ignoring sex crimes
(Reuters) – Hundreds of sex crime complaints to the New Orleans Police Department over a three-year period went virtually uninvestigated, city watchdog and police officials said on Wednesday.
