Chicago mayor’s panel recommends hiking minimum wage to $13
(Reuters) – Chicago’s minimum wage would rise to $13 an hour from $8.25 by 2018 under a proposal announced on Tuesday by a panel that Mayor Rahm Emanuel appointed to chart a path for raising the wage floor in the nation’s third largest city.
Obama seeks money, fast hearings to curb young migrant surge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. administration sought on Tuesday to halt a cross-border surge of unaccompanied children from Central America, asking Congress for $3.7 billion in emergency spending and putting in place plans to quicken the youngsters’ d…
Friends of accused Boston bomber wanted to protect suspect: agent
BOSTON (Reuters) – A friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect told an FBI agent that he and two friends removed a backpack containing empty fireworks shells from the suspected bomber’s dorm room out of a desire to protect him, the agent testified …
No decision on whether grounded F-35s will be ready for air show: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – No decision has been made yet on whether to send a group of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to Britain this week for the plane’s international debut at two air shows after the fleet was grounded in response to an engine fire, the Pent…
New Harry Potter attraction opens at Florida theme park
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – The new Harry Potter attraction at Universal Orlando opened on Tuesday to crowds of fans eager to be among the first to experience the theme park’s Diagon Alley expansion based on J.K. Rowling’s books and the popular films abou…
Latino activists aim to boost participation in U.S. midterm vote
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A coalition of Latino groups is launching a new push to register voters and mobilize Hispanics ahead of the 2014 midterm elections in the hope of electing more lawmakers sympathetic to issues important to them, including immigratio…
U.S. to put child migrants on fast track in deportation hearings: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to give priority to child migrants over adults in deportation hearings as part of a broader initiative to deal with a surge of unaccompanied minors crossing the border illegally, a Justice Department offic…
Baby dies inside car parked in affluent Connecticut town
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A 15-month-old boy has died after being left inside a car parked in an affluent Connecticut community in sweltering summer weather, police said on Tuesday.
Obama to meet Texas governor, a critic in U.S. border crisis
WASHINGTON/AUSTIN (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will meet Texas Governor Rick Perry on Wednesday to discuss a surge of Latin American young people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border that has put the two leaders at odds with each other.
Mom charged after leaving baby on New York subway platform
(Reuters) – A mother who pushed her baby in a stroller onto a New York City subway station platform and boarded a departing train was charged with felony abandonment on Tuesday, officials said.
