Florida congressman loses $18 million in loan scheme
MIAMI (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Alan Grayson, a Florida Democrat, lost about $18 million in a scheme involving a Reston, Virginia-based firm that loaned customers funds in exchange for securities posted as collateral, his office said on Monday.
California seeks to send water south via tunnel, restore depleted delta
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – California pledged on Monday to restore 80,000 acres of the depleted Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta as part of a massive project to send fresh water from mountain streams in the north to farmers and residents in t…
Los Angeles sheriff’s officials charged in jail misconduct probe
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Eighteen current or former members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department have been charged with corruption and civil rights violations in a probe of inmate abuse inside the United States’ largest county jail system, fed…
U.S. Korean War veteran released by North says made ‘confession’ under duress
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An elderly U.S. Korean War veteran released from detention in North Korea said on Monday a videotaped “confession” he made was given under duress and that he believed he may have been held in a misunderstanding over his interest…
U.S. launches Spanish-language healthcare website
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government has debuted the Spanish-language version of the healthcare website that will help Latinos to shop and sign up for new insurance plans under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law.
152-year-old shipwreck found on Lake Huron
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – The wreckage of a wooden steamship that sank 152 years ago in a storm on Lake Huron with no survivors has been found, a Michigan explorer said on Monday.
California says to submit bid to woo Boeing 777X jet program
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – California will submit a bid aimed at persuading Boeing to choose the most populous U.S. state as a site for its new 777X jet production facility, a move that if successful could begin to rebuild its once-proud aerosp…
Detroit’s Heidelberg Project art display devastated by suspicious fires
(Reuters) – Detroit’s Heidelberg Project has been struck by eight suspicious fires since May, the latest on Sunday, which have destroyed a large part of the art installation that has drawn international attention since the 1980s, authorities said.
South Carolina sheriff refuses to lower flag for Mandela
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – The U.S. flag flew high outside a sheriff’s office in South Carolina on Monday in defiance of an order from President Barack Obama to lower all flags in memory of the late South African leader Nelson Mandela.
Google bus blocked in San Francisco protest vs gentrification
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Google Inc commuter bus was blocked in San Francisco’s Mission district for about a half hour Monday morning, highlighting many residents’ growing concern that an influx of affluent technology workers is driving up costs in …
