Obama budget plan would boost U.S. tax revenues, cut deficits: CBO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2015 budget request would boost U.S. tax revenues by nearly $1.4 trillion over 10 years if fully enacted, slashing deficits by $1.05 trillion while funding new spending, the Congressional Budget Of…
Signs of healing in Texas town a year after deadly plant blast
WEST, Texas (Reuters) – Still healing from multiple broken bones after the force of a deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant lifted him out of his boots a year ago, one first responder has begun to address the anguish of losing his team members.
Collision of two fire trucks leaves 15 hurt near Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – At least 15 people were injured on Wednesday, one critically, when two fire trucks collided on their way to a house blaze near Los Angeles, sending one of the vehicles careening into a restaurant, the City News Service reported….
A year after marathon bombs, Boston hospitals apply lessons learned
BOSTON (Reuters) – The homemade bombs that ripped through the crowd at the finish line of last year’s Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring 264, showcased the city’s medical talent but also taught valuable lessons in responding to a mass d…
U.S. court deportations fall 43 percent over five years: report
(Reuters) – Deportations through U.S. immigration courts have fallen 43 percent in the past five years as the federal government brought fewer cases before those courts, according to Justice Department data analyzed by the New York Times on Wednesday.
Police say Utah mom gave birth at home before killing infants
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A Utah mother accused of slaying six of her own infant children over the course of a decade secretly gave birth to each of the babies without medical assistance at home and then immediately killed them, police said on Wednesd…
Texas executes man convicted of 2001 triple murder
(Reuters) – Texas executed by lethal injection on Wednesday a man who was convicted of stabbing his girlfriend, her child and her mother to death after a cocaine binge in 2001.
Detroit pension deal approved by one retirement system
(Reuters) – The board of Detroit’s General Retirement System on Wednesday approved economic terms of a settlement with the city that include cuts to pension benefits, putting in place another key component of Detroit’s effort to exit bankruptcy by Octo…
One dead, three injured in blast at Tennessee ammunition plant
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – One person has died and three others were injured on Wednesday after an explosion at an ammunition plant in central Tennessee that touched off small brush fires nearby, authorities said.
Portland, Oregon flushes water reservoir after man urinates in it
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Portland, Oregon is flushing 38 million gallons (143 million liters) of drinking water down the drain because a 19-year-old man urinated in an open reservoir early on Wednesday morning, city water officials said.
