U.S. proposes immigration rules to help high-skilled workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Newly proposed rules for highly skilled immigrants to the United States, including a provision to allow their spouses to work, are aimed at making it easier to keep those talented science, technology and engineering workers in th…
Number of U.S. elderly to double by 2050: reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of people age 65 and older in the United States is expected to almost double by 2050, a shift that is expected to drastically alter the nation’s racial makeup and pressure its economy, two government reports released o…
World Trade Center parachute jumpers plead not guilty
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Four men accused of organizing a parachute jump from the top of the 104-story One World Trade Center tower in New York City in September pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to criminal charges, prosecutors said.
Man charged after student shot in head at Georgia college
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A 20-year-old man has been charged with shooting a fellow student in the head after an apparent fight in a classroom building at Paine College in Augusta, Georgia, sheriff’s officials said on Tuesday.
New York woman sues police over raids seeking long-dead husband
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York woman has sued the city police department, claiming that officers have raided her home four times in the past year trying to arrest her long-dead husband.
Accused Boston bomber’s lawyers seek privacy for family meetings
BOSTON (Reuters) – Defense attorneys for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev called on a federal judge late Monday to block law enforcement agents from monitoring jailhouse meetings between the suspect, his attorneys and his sisters.
Colorado pilot walks away after small plane crashes into house
DENVER (Reuters) – The pilot of a single-engine airplane pulling an advertising banner walked away uninjured after it crashed into an unoccupied home in suburban Denver on Monday and set the building on fire, authorities said.
GM recalls 59,628 Saturn Aura cars for transmission cable issue
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co is recalling 59,628 Saturn Aura mid-sized cars in the United States and Canada because the automatic transmission shifters may fail, according to documents filed with U.S. safety regulators.
Tiny Alaska fishing village at center of political fight over road
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – A remote fishing village in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain that is inaccessible by land has become the site of a high profile fight pitting the U.S. Interior Secretary against community leaders, state lawmakers and members o…
Hawaii stops defending law banning same-sex marriage
(Reuters) – Hawaii will no longer defend a law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman, five months after the state legalized same-sex marriage, state officials said on Monday.
