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.
Arrests made in protest over Missouri shooting
(Reuters) – More than 100 demonstrators tried to block a U.S. highway and some 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 said….
U.S. seeks up to 16 months in prison for Dinesh D’Souza
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government wants conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza to be sentenced to as much as 16 months in prison, following his guilty plea to a campaign finance law violation.
MGM Resorts cleared to re-enter ailing Atlantic City market
ATLANTIC CITY N.J. (Reuters) – MGM Resorts International won regulatory permission on Wednesday to re-enter the Atlantic City casino market after a 20-month investigation focusing on the company’s ties to Pansy Ho, the richest woman in Hong Kong, who N…
With World Trade site largely rebuilt, New York marks September 11
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Until a few months ago, the part of New York City where crowds will gather on Thursday morning to mark the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States had been mostly fenced off to the public.
Convicted U.S. killer Jodi Arias wants to stop representing herself
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Convicted murderer Jodi Arias no longer wants to represent herself at a sentencing-phase retrial in Arizona that will decide whether she is put to death for the 2008 killing of her ex-boyfriend, court documents showed on Wednesday.
Delta flight makes emergency landing in Austin, no injuries reported
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – A regional jet carrier operating a flight for Delta Air Lines made an emergency landing in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday after experiencing cabin pressure problems but there were no reported injuries, an airport official said.
New York clinic that treated Joan Rivers says no biopsy performed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York clinic where comedian Joan Rivers stopped breathing a week before her death denied on Wednesday ever administering general anesthesia or conducting a vocal cord biopsy as has been alleged in media reports as contributi…
