New York City cabbies strike a pose for charity
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York taxi drivers are putting out a pinup calendar for 2014, playfully displaying pot bellies and copious body hair in a tongue-in-cheek challenge to a popular beefcake calendar produced each year by buff and brawny city firefi…
Washington state congressional delegates pitch for Boeing plant
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) – Washington’s full congressional delegation pleaded with Boeing Co on Tuesday to keep its next-generation jetliner in the state as rival states made their own pitches to lure the 777X in a contest worth billions of dollars.
Texas actress pleads guilty for ricin-laced letter sent to Obama
TEXARKANA, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas actress pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to making the toxic agent ricin that was sent in letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Snow blankets U.S. East; Washington offices, many schools closed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A fast-moving snowstorm barreled through the U.S. mid-Atlantic on Tuesday, cancelling flights, snarling roadways and shutting schools and government offices while winds kept the midsection of the country in an icy grip that killed …
Biden announces mental health push on eve of Newtown anniversary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a new push to increase access to mental health services with $100 million in new government funding nearly a year after a school shooting rampage in Newtown, Connecticut.
U.S. hearing to probe autopilot reliance in Asiana crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. safety investigators are looking closely at whether an over-reliance on autopilot systems in modern aircraft has degraded human flying skills, increasing the risk of accidents.
Two Britons plead guilty to U.S. terrorism-related charges
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) – Two British nationals who ran a website that U.S. authorities charged raised money and solicited equipment donations for al Qaeda and the Taliban pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Tuesday to charges of providing mater…
New York state commission proposes $2 billion in tax cuts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York State commission is proposing $2 billion in tax cuts over the next three years as lawmakers prepare to wrangle over the state’s $140 billion budget early next year.
Chinese man gets US prison term in military jet material plot
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Chinese man accused of trying to export high-grade carbon fiber to his home country from the United States for use in military aircraft was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly five years in prison, federal prosecutors in New York said…
Reporter can keep sources secret in Colorado theater shooting: court
ALBANY, New York (Reuters) – A Fox News reporter will not have to divulge the confidential sources who provided information for her story on the 2012 mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, New York’s highest court ruled on Tuesday, reversing two lo…
