New York’s transit authority cuts deal to end 2-year pay dispute
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) struck a deal on Thursday to end a 2-year pay dispute with a more generous offer to workers than the years of pay freezes it had originally proposed, New York state Governor An…
Chelsea Clinton is pregnant with first child
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chelsea Clinton announced on Thursday that she is pregnant with the first grandchild of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Iraqi-American man convicted of killing wife in California
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – An Iraqi-American man was found guilty by a San Diego jury on Thursday of bludgeoning his wife to death in a killing that was first investigated as a hate crime because of a threatening note found at the scene.
After Nevada ranch stand-off, emboldened militias ask: where next?
(Reuters) – Flat on his belly in a sniper position, wearing a baseball cap and a flak jacket, a protester aimed his semi-automatic rifle from the edge of an overpass and waited as a crowd below stood its ground against U.S. federal agents in the Nevada…
U.S. judge declines to order ‘park it now’ notices for GM cars
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday rejected a bid to compel General Motors Co to tell customers to stop driving millions of cars that have been recalled for defective ignition switches.
Pentagon sees cost to buy F-35 up 2 percent; operating cost down 9 percent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Thursday forecast the cost of developing and buying Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 fighter jet at $398.6 billion, up 2 percent from last year, but said the projected cost to operate and maintain the jets was down abo…
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.
House Republican leaders holding up immigration reform: Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday called on the U.S. Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, which he said was being blocked by Republican leaders in the House of Representatives.
Live free or die: New Hampshire moves to decriminalize adultery
BOSTON (Reuters) – New Hampshire lawmakers on Thursday voted to scrap an ancient law that makes cheating on your spouse a criminal offense in the New England state whose motto is “Live Free or Die.”
Two dead, two missing in Lake Erie boat incident
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Two women are dead and two men missing after their boat apparently struck a submerged reef in Lake Erie during a fishing trip, authorities said on Thursday.
