Wife of NJ Governor Christie to help kick off anti-drug campaign
(Reuters) – The wife of Governor Chris Christie heads to one of New Jersey’s most well-to-do communities on Thursday to help kick off a broad strategy to battle heroin and opiate abuse, deemed the No. 1 healthcare crisis facing the state.
U.S. Air Force suspends all F-35A flights, pending fire probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force widened a ban on flights of Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 A-model fighter jets on Thursday as authorities continue to investigate a fire on one of the jets this week, but the Navy and Marine Corps stopped short o…
Arkansas Republican resigns after saying Clinton could ‘get shot’
LITTLE ROCK Ark. (Reuters) – An Arkansas Republican official has resigned after telling a magazine former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would “probably get shot” if she returned to the state where she was a lawyer and served as first lady, of…
New York gives state workers time off to watch World Cup game
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state workers can indulge their World Cup fever on Thursday with an extended lunch break to root for Team USA in its match against Germany, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced.
Massachusetts to raise minimum wage to highest of any U.S. state
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on Thursday signed into law a measure raising the minimum wage to the highest of any U.S. state, $11 per hour, by 2017.
City official approves deal to end ‘Central Park Jogger’ lawsuit
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s chief fiscal officer on Thursday signed off on a settlement that would end the decade-long civil rights lawsuit brought by five men wrongfully convicted of raping a jogger in Central Park in 1989.
Authorities to prosecute 154, seize guns in Connecticut sweep
(Reuters) – Law enforcement authorities expect to prosecute 154 people as part of an undercover operation that seized illegal drugs and scores of guns in two Connecticut cities, a federal agency said.
Crews making rapid progress on closed Delaware bridge: officials
(Reuters) – Construction crews are making quick progress repairing a busy Delaware commuter bridge closed down earlier this month because some of its support beams were tilting, state transportation officials said on Thursday.
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.
