Massachusetts to raise minimum wage to highest of any U.S. state
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is scheduled on Thursday to sign into law a measure raising the minimum wage to the highest of any U.S. state, $11 per hour, by 2017.
Georgia toddler left in car by father died of heatstroke: officials
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A Georgia medical examiner has found a 22-month-old toddler who died last week in suburban Atlanta after being left in his father’s SUV for seven hours appears to have succumbed to heatstroke, according to local officials.
Fed carefully eyeing U.S. healthcare costs: Lacker
LYNCHBURG Va. (Reuters) – U.S. healthcare costs are a growing issue for businesses across the country, with the Federal Reserve keeping close tabs on the issue, a top Fed official said on Thursday.
After six years of pain, Californians now say they are better off: poll
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – For the first time in over six years, since the start of the recession, more Californians are saying they are better off financially than those who say they are worse off, according to a Field Poll to be released Thursday.
U.S. healthcare profit outlook brightens on Obamacare, drug prices
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. healthcare companies are winning higher profit forecasts, bucking a wider trend on Wall Street, as pricey new biotech drugs hit the market and insurance enrollment rises under the Affordable Care Act.
Shoplifting suspect killed after firing gun in Los Angeles mall -police
(Reuters) – Los Angeles police said they had killed a shoplifting suspect in a residential neighborhood late on Wednesday evening after he opened fire in a nearby mall at a security guard who had confronted him.
Boston dance concert attendees hospitalized with minor symptoms
(Reuters) – Three dozen teenagers at an electronic dance concert at Boston’s TD Garden were taken to local hospitals on Wednesday, the Boston Herald reported, citing a city official.
Bond insurer Syncora is stubborn city rival in Detroit’s bankruptcy
(Reuters) – Bond insurer Syncora Guarantee Inc has emerged as Detroit’s chief nemesis in the city’s historic bankruptcy case and is fighting as if its financial life depends on a decent recovery on its $400 million exposure to the city.
Minorities seen driving U.S. household growth: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Minorities will account for more than one-third of U.S. households by 2025 and make up nearly half of first-time homebuyers, according to a study released on Thursday.
Arizona education official cries in apology over Web comments
(Reuters) – Arizona’s top education official broke down in tears on Wednesday as he apologized for his anonymous comments on Internet blogs that included comparing a birth control activist to Adolf Hitler and calling for an end to Spanish-language medi…
