Minimum wage hike urged for Los Angeles hotel workers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Three Los Angeles City Council members have launched a bid to nearly double the minimum wage for hotel workers in the U.S.’s second-largest metropolis to $15.37 an hour, among the highest rates proposed for any of the country’s …
U.S. border agent shoots, kills person in California scuffle
SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) – A U.S. border agent on patrol in Southern California shot and killed a suspected illegal immigrant during a confrontation not far from the border with Mexico, after the agent was pelted with rocks, officials said.
Arizona lawmaker proposes $30 million U.S.-Mexico border ‘virtual fence’
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona could spend $30 million to construct a “virtual fence” to ensure the federal government is securing the U.S.-Mexico border from drug smugglers and illegal immigrants under a measure that has narrowly advanced in the state le…
U.S. Northeast rock salt supply at critical low as more snow falls
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Successive winter storms led to critical shortages of rock salt in the U.S. Northeast on Tuesday including Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania, while New Jersey scrambled to secure a huge shipment stuck at a port in Maine.
Elderly nun sentenced to nearly three years for Tennessee nuclear break-in
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – A U.S. judge sentenced an 84-year-old nun, Sister Megan Rice, on Tuesday to 35 months in prison for breaking into a Tennessee military facility used to store enriched uranium for nuclear bombs.
Shark attacks down last year but fatalities up
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Shark attacks fell to a five-year low in 2013 but the number of fatalities rose to 10, up from an average of six deaths in recent years, according to a report released on Monday.
U.S. military tears down Army base site of mass killing in Texas
DALLAS (Reuters) – The U.S. military has demolished the building at a Texas base where a former Army psychiatrist went on a shooting rampage in 2009, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others, military officials said on Tuesday.
U.S. to announce $6.5 billion loan deal for Southern Co nuclear plant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration will announce that it has finalized $6.5 billion in loan aid to build the country’s first new nuclear reactors in more than 30 years, sources said on Tuesday.
Florida man in loud music killing felt victimized -jail tapes
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – A Florida man convicted at the weekend of attempted murder in a dispute over loud rap music felt he was victimized by four teenagers he shot at, according to tapes of jailhouse telephone calls released by prosecutors o…
U.S. whistleblower Snowden wins student role at Scottish university
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden has been elected to the post of student rector at Glasgow University in Scotland, one of Britain’s oldest universities.
