Team to re-enter New Mexico nuclear waste site after radiation leak
(Reuters) – An investigative team plans to re-enter an underground nuclear waste site in New Mexico next week for the first time since an accidental release of unsafe levels of radiation there last month, a U.S. Energy Department official said Thursday…
Connecticut becomes first state to pass $10.10 minimum wage
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy on Thursday signed into law a measure that will phase in the highest minimum wage of any U.S. state, in line with a push by Democrats nationwide to raise the entry-level wage.
California case challenges teacher job protection laws
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Incompetent teachers in California are holding back poor and minority children, an attorney for several students said on Thursday in closing arguments for a closely watched trial that could change the way public school teachers …
Indicted California state senator ends Secretary of State campaign
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A prominent state senator withdrew from a race for California Secretary of State on Thursday, a day after he was arrested by FBI agents and charged with corruption and conspiring to import and traffic firearms, his attorney sa…
Texas executes man who killed food delivery woman with bat
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas executed convicted murderer Anthony Doyle on Thursday as it kept the pace of executions steady while other states have had to postpone capital punishments because they cannot obtain drugs used in lethal injections.
Navy’s Sikorsky helicopters cancellation would cost government $250 million: Levin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy’s plan to cancel an order for 29 MH-60 Sikorsky helicopters under a current five-year agreement would trigger termination fees of at least $250 million and raise the cost of Army helicopters covered by the same cont…
Appeals court upholds restrictive Texas abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court upheld a Texas law on Thursday that places restrictions on abortions, saying a provision requiring abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital was a reasonable regulation.
Indicted California state senator ends Secretary of State campaign
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A prominent state senator withdrew from a race for California Secretary of State on Thursday, a day after he was arrested by FBI agents and charged with corruption and conspiring to import and traffic firearms, his attorney sa…
US mudslide death toll expected to soar as survivors sought
DARRINGTON, Washington (Reuters) – Rescuers searching for 90 people still missing five days after a massive Washington state mudslide said they expect the death toll to climb sharply soon, even as they clung to hope on Thursday of finding a miracle sur…
Appeals court upholds restrictive Texas abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld a Texas law that places restrictions on abortions, saying a provision requiring abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital was a reasonable regulation.
