California firefighter arrested in love triangle murder
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Southern California firefighter and his alleged mistress have been arrested in the murder of the woman’s husband, who was shot to death at a rail yard in August, police say.
Girl questioned over Yik Yak threat that closed California school
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police in Southern California have questioned a girl in connection with at least one threatening post made on social media application Yik Yak that led to a two-day closure of a high school in an affluent oceanside community, of…
University of California regents approve tuition increase amid protests
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – The governing board of the University of California voted on Thursday to increase tuition by more than 25 percent over the next five years, setting the stage for a rancorous fight with state lawmakers who control funding f…
Appeals court order keeps Mississippi’s sole abortion clinic open
JACKSON Miss. (Reuters) – Mississippi’s sole abortion clinic will remain open after a federal appeals court refused on Thursday to reconsider its decision to block a state law that would have closed it.
Five family members killed driving from Texas to Disney World
DALLAS (Reuters) – Five members of a Texas family on their way to a vacation in Disney World were killed in a single-car crash when their vehicle driven by their teenage son overturned on a highway in Louisiana, police said on Thursday.
New Jersey loses jobs in October as it prepares for bond sale
(Reuters) – New Jersey’s economy showed more cracks on Thursday as the U.S. state with the second-lowest credit rating in the country reported 4,500 jobs lost in October and an upward tick in its unemployment rate.
Arizona is first U.S. state to sue GM over delayed recalls
(Reuters) – In the first lawsuit brought by a state against General Motors Co over recalls relating to a defective ignition switch, Arizona has accused the company of putting the public at risk by concealing safety issues and delaying the recalls.
Teamsters pull ballot petition for FedEx Freight Virginia facility
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Teamsters union on Thursday withdrew a petition asking for a secret ballot election for drivers at a Richmond, Virginia, facility of FedEx Corp’s trucking unit.
Feds investigating drones spotted flying near JFK runways
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three commercial pilots reported seeing drones, some flying as high as 3,000 feet, near their landing approaches at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and federal authorities on Thursday were investigating.
Two California children die in fire as mother at hospital with labor pains
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two children died and their father was badly burned on Thursday in a fire that tore through their Southern California duplex after their pregnant mother went to a hospital with labor pains, a fire official said.
