Sacramento shoots for soccer after success at keeping NBA Kings
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) – After securing its perch as a pro-basketball city amid much controversy last year, Sacramento is now aiming to add Major League Soccer, a move that could help revitalize the California capital and mark it as a regional center for sports.
Florida’s new insurance sector may be ‘accident waiting to happen’
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – As Florida seeks to revive its private home insurance market after almost a decade without a hurricane, homeowners are pouring $6 billion a year in premiums into a new generation of small, in-state insurance companies with an u…
Former FBI director Mueller to lead probe of NFL’s handling of Ray Rice case
(Reuters) – A former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert Mueller III, will lead a probe into the National Football League’s handling of former Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice’s domestic violence case, the league said on Wednesday.
Former New York Mets female ticketing executive sues team over discrimination
(Reuters) – A former New York Mets ticket sales executive sued the baseball club for discrimination on Wednesday, alleging in a federal lawsuit she was “frequently humiliated” and later fired by the team owner’s son because she was pregnant while unmar…
Police find dead cats in Florida child porn suspect’s home
(Reuters) – A Florida man wanted on child pornography charges was found living among numerous dead and living cats, police said on Wednesday without confirming a media report that about 50 dead felines were found in the suspect’s freezer.
Detroit bankruptcy trial delayed until Monday by U.S. judge
DETROIT (Reuters) – A federal judge has put a landmark trial on Detroit’s plan to exit bankruptcy on hold until Monday, as the city neared a deal with bond insurer Syncora Guarantee Inc, one of its most formidable hold-out creditors.
Authorities arrest 35 in protest over Missouri shooting
(Reuters) – More than 100 demonstrators tried to block a U.S. highway and 35 people were arrested in clashes with authorities on Wednesday in a protest over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen by a white policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, police …
Nevada lawmakers to consider huge tax breaks for Tesla
CARSON CITY Nev. (Reuters) – Nevada lawmakers convened in a special session on Wednesday to consider tax breaks and other incentives worth an estimated $1.3 billion to clinch a deal hammered out by Governor Brian Sandoval with Tesla Motors Inc to build…
Texas executes man, 45, for shooting spree that left two dead
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – Texas executed a 45-year-old man on Wednesday for killing two people and wounding two others during a shooting spree sparked by a breakup with his girlfriend.
E.coli kills two girls in U.S. Pacific Northwest, boy hospitalized
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Two young girls have died and a boy was hospitalized in critical condition in the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday after becoming infected with E.coli in two separate incidents, health officials said.
