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.
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.
