Obama asks Congress for $3.7 billion for immigration crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House asked the U.S. Congress for $3.7 billion in emergency spending on Tuesday to address a cross-border surge of children from Central America that is taxing public resources and causing a political headache for Presi…
New Jersey’s storm recovery chief steps down, replaced by deputy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The director of New Jersey’s response to superstorm Sandy stepped down on Tuesday, almost two years after the storm tore through the state, and was replaced by his deputy, Governor Chris Christie’s office said.
Contract talks resume as Long Island Rail Road strike looms
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Labor negotiators met in New York on Tuesday for another round of talks to avert a strike by 5,400 workers at the Long Island Rail Road, the country’s largest commuter railway.
Former New York City hospital executive charged with $5.6 million painkiller theft
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former pharmacy executive at a major New York City hospital was arrested on Tuesday and charged with stealing $5.6 million worth of narcotic painkillers from the medical center, authorities said.
U.S. prosecutors, lawyers for plotter seek sentencing delay
MIAMI (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Jose Padilla, who in 2007 was convicted of terrorism-related crimes, asked to delay sentencing for a fourth time after an appeals court in 2011 ruled his initial 17-year sentence too lenient.
Washington state issues retail pot licenses
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Washington state took the final step in legalizing recreational marijuana use on Monday when officials began issuing retail licenses to stores that could start selling cannabis 24 hours later.
Baltimore hospital, workers reach tentative wage accord
(Reuters) – A tentative agreement has been reached between Johns Hopkins Hospital and 2,000 service employees threatening to strike over wages in Baltimore, a hospital spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Fewer than 100 Americans probed for fighting in Syria, Iraq: U.S. Attorney General
OSLO (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has opened fewer than a hundred investigations into American citizens who may have traveled to Syria or Iraq to fight, the U.S. Attorney General said on Tuesday.
Two in five U.S. homes have only cellphones: survey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of U.S. homes with only cellphones is growing, with 41 percent of them without landlines in the second half of 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.
Drone in close call with New York police helicopter, two arrested
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two men accused of flying a drone so close to a New York police helicopter that it was forced off course to avoid crashing have been charged with reckless endangerment, police said on Tuesday.
