U.S. private sector adds 218,000 jobs in July: ADP
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. companies hired 218,000 workers in July, marking four straight month of private job growth above 200,000, but the figure fell short of what analysts projected and the previous month’s level, a report by a payrolls processor re…
Text message from slain Michigan girl’s phone is clue in case
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A text message from a Michigan girl’s phone is part of the investigation into her death, police said on Wednesday.
New York suspends tax preparers for failing to file personal returns
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state has suspended 40 registered tax preparers who failed to file their personal tax returns, following the adoption of a set of strict new guidelines earlier this year, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday.
One arrested, 100,000 plants seized in Texas marijuana bust
HOUSTON (Reuters) – One person has been arrested and more than 100,000 marijuana plants were being eradicated from a sprawling operation in one of the largest pot farming cases in Texas history, police said on Wednesday.
New York police officer released from hospital following shootout
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York police detective wounded in a shootout on Monday in Greenwich Village was released from the hospital on Wednesday, one day after two U.S. marshals injured in the same incident were also released, a police spokesman said….
U.S. relief worker ‘fighting through’ Ebola virus: son
WINSTON-SALEM N.C. (Reuters) – An American aid worker infected with Ebola while responding to the outbreak of the deadly virus in Liberia and neighboring African countries is “fighting through it,” her son said on Wednesday.
Firefighters battle six-alarm Boston blaze
BOSTON (Reuters) – Six companies of Boston firefighters on Wednesday battled a large blaze that engulfed multiple buildings in the city’s residential eastern section, fire officials said.
Record low July temperatures in southern U.S., Alabama at 49 degrees
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Record-breaking low temperatures across the southern United States on Wednesday made July feel more like October, with the mercury dipping to 49 degrees Fahrenheit in Alabama.
Iraqi Kurdish pipeline stopped; tanker in limbo off Texas
ISTANBUL/LONDON (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdistan’s attempts to export oil independently of Baghdad hit another obstacle on Wednesday, as a Turkish energy official and industry sources said the autonomous region’s pipeline to the Mediterranean has been shut …
Detroit boy killed by stray bullet while sleeping in bed
(Reuters) – An 8-year-old Detroit boy who was sleeping in his bed was struck and killed on Wednesday by a stray bullet fired from outside his home, police said.
