Minivan crash tests: Toyota good; Chrysler, Dodge, Nissan poor
DETROIT (Reuters) – In a front overlap crash safety tests of four minivans sold in the United States, only the latest model of the Toyota Motor Corp Sienna scored well, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said on Thursday.
Thanksgiving meal costs barely rise as price of turkey slips
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A small decline in turkey prices helped hold the increase in the cost of preparing a Thanksgiving meal for 10 to less than 1 percent this year, the country’s largest farm group said on Thursday.
Obama’s immigration move expected to leave out millions of childless adults
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Most Friday nights, in the Denver suburb of Arvada, Ramon Madera invites his sister Angelica and her three children over to his home for dinner and games. It’s a tradition that became all the more important after the children’s f…
Two jailed in Puerto Rico over killing of military family
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Two men were jailed in Puerto Rico on Wednesday on charges of killing a retired U.S. Army sergeant and three members of his family, as well as attempting to kill the victims’ 13-year-old son by beating him and throwing …
U.S. states get more, spend more on Medicaid under Obamacare: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One part of the Affordable Care Act is going according to plan, with U.S. states receiving and spending more money on the Medicaid health insurance program, a report released by the National Association of State Budget Officers o…
Missing New Mexico couple found dead after crash
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – A New Mexico couple who took off from a small air strip west of Albuquerque last week before going missing were found dead on Wednesday, officials said.
Seattle city council member arrested in wage-hike protest
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A Seattle City Council member was among four people arrested late on Wednesday outside Alaska Airlines offices in the suburb of SeaTac during a protest over what organizers say was the carrier’s opposition to a voter-backed $15 mini…
Massachusetts town stubs out plan to ban tobacco sales
(Reuters) – A Massachusetts town on Wednesday stubbed out a proposal that apparently would have made it the first in the United States to ban tobacco sales, a newspaper reported.
California man convicted in 1978 murder may go free based on DNA
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A man convicted of murder in the 1978 shooting death of a Southern California man should be freed after 36 years behind bars, based on DNA analysis and investigative reports withheld from his trial attorney, a prosecutor said on…
Ice to close upper Mississippi from November 20, earliest on record
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The shipping season on the upper Mississippi River will end on Thursday as ice surrounding locks and dams near Minnesota’s Twin Cities forced the earliest winter closure on records that date back to 1969, the U.S. Army Corps of Engi…
