U.S. consumer officials seek input on improving mortgage data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators plan to seek input on how to improve public data used to spot discriminatory lending and other possible abuses in the mortgage market, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Friday.
Thirty Minnesota school children treated for carbon monoxide
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A southern Minnesota school building was evacuated on Thursday and 30 elementary students were treated at a local hospital for possible carbon monoxide poisoning, officials said.
Last native speaker of Klallam language dies in Washington state
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – The last known native speaker of the Klallam language, which the U.S. government once sought to phase out before funding an effort to preserve it, died in Washington state on Tuesday at age 103, friends and tribal leader…
Hundreds of thousands lose power after U.S. Northeast storm
(Reuters) – Utility crews worked on Thursday to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the U.S. Northeast after a snow and ice storm slammed the region, but flights began returning to normal after thousands of delays or cance…
Three killed as suspected migrant boat capsizes off Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) – A boat smuggling suspected migrants to the United States capsized off Florida’s southeast coast on Thursday, killing at least three people on board, authorities said.
Teachers set strike deadline in contract dispute in Portland, Oregon
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Portland teachers put Oregon’s largest school district on formal notice Thursday that they intend to go on strike February 20, disrupting classes for nearly 48,000 students, unless the two sides reach agreement by then on a…
U.S. bans carry-on liquids, gels on flights to Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is temporarily banning carry-on liquids, aerosols, gels and powders on flights between Russia and the United States, a Department of Homeland Security official said on Thursday.
Delaware doctor denied stepdaughter food, bathroom use: mother
GEORGETOWN, Delaware (Reuters) – A well-known Delaware doctor would punish his stepdaughter by making her stand for hours with her arms outstretched, depriving her of food and forbidding her from using the bathroom, the girl’s mother told a court on Th…
Thirty Minnesota school children treated for carbon monoxide
(Reuters) – Thirty students from an elementary school in southern Minnesota were treated Thursday at a local hospital for possible carbon monoxide poisoning, a hospital spokesman said.
U.S. bans carry-on liquids, gels on flights to Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is temporarily banning carry-on liquids, aerosols, gels and powders on flights between Russia and the United States, a Department of Homeland Security official said on Thursday.
