U.S. minimum wage hike would kill jobs but alleviate poverty: CBO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Raising the U.S. minimum wage would lead to the loss of about half a million jobs by late 2016 but lift almost a million Americans out of poverty, the Congressional Budget Office forecast in a report on Tuesday that reignited deb…
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…
Guitarist Bob Casale of New Wave band Devo dies of heart failure at 61
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bob Casale, the guitarist and original member of the U.S. New Wave band Devo best known for the 1980 hit “Whip It,” died on Monday from heart failure at the age of 61, his brother and bandmate said.
Former New York disc jockey indicted on child sex charge
(Reuters) – Retired rock radio disc jockey Dave Herman on Tuesday was indicted on a charge of trying to take a 7-year-old girl to the U.S. Virgin Islands from New Jersey for sex.
US border agent shoots, kills person in California scuffle
SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) – A U.S. border agent shot and killed a person in a group of suspected illegal immigrants that had pelted the agent with rocks during a confrontation near San Diego, officials said.
Teachers in Portland, Oregon, reach deal averting strike
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Teachers and management in Oregon’s largest school district reached an agreement in principle on Tuesday on a new contract, averting a strike planned for this week that threatened to disrupt classes for 28,000 students in P…
Oklahoma pharmacy agrees not to supply drug for Missouri execution
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – An Oklahoma compounding pharmacy has agreed not to provide a drug needed to execute a Missouri inmate who has argued that it could cause severe and inhumane pain, but state officials said they would still proceed with …
Colombia dismisses head of armed forces over taped remarks
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia dismissed the head of its armed forces on Tuesday over disrespectful comments he made about prosecutors in audio recordings revealed by a news magazine.
Northeast rock salt supply at critical low as more snow hits
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rock salt was in short supply in the U.S. Northeast on Tuesday after successive winter storms led to critical shortages in Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania, while New Jersey scrambled to secure a huge shipment stuck at a port…
U.S. moves to revive stalled Afghan peace talks: officials
KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration is taking steps it hopes could lead to a resumption of peace talks to end the Afghan conflict, including reviving a proposed swap of Taliban detainees held at Guantanamo Bay in return for a U.S. pri…
