U.S. farm bill negotiators may begin work next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House and Senate negotiators could meet for the first time next week to work on the new $500 billion U.S. farm bill, more than a year past due and repeatedly delayed by House Republican plans for steep cuts in food stamps for the…
Federal judge says he will not yet rule on Michigan gay marriage
DETROIT (Reuters) – A federal judge said he would not rule on Wednesday whether Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional, in a closely-watched case involving a lesbian couple who wanted to marry so they could adopt each other’s children.
Hawaii-bound plane lands in Oakland after possible bird strike
(Reuters) – An Alaska Airlines flight on its way to Hawaii from California made an emergency landing in Oakland on Wednesday after what may have been a bird strike, and all on board were safe, a spokesman for the Port of Oakland said.
TransCanada plans November maintenance on Keystone pipeline
NEW YORK (Reuters) – TransCanada Corp will begin maintenance work next month on its 590,000 barrel-per-day Keystone pipeline, which ships oil from Hardisty, Alberta to the U.S. Midwest and the Cushing, Oklahoma, oil storage hub, the company said on Wed…
Sandy Hook charity fraudster gets eight-month prison sentence
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York City woman who tried to cash in on last year’s mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school by posing as a relative of one of the slain children was sentenced on Tuesday to eight months in prison, authorities said.
Four suspected migrants killed as boat capsizes off Miami
MIAMI (Reuters) – A small boat carrying 15 suspected migrants from Haiti and Jamaica capsized off the coast of Miami, killing four of the six women aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday.
California, New York top U.S. list of most expensive ZIP codes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Northern California’s Silicon Valley boasts the two priciest ZIP codes in the United States with median home prices of more than $5.4 million, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday.
Union ‘encouraged’ in San Francisco transit strike talks
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Negotiators hoping to avert a potentially crippling commuter rail strike in the traffic-clogged San Francisco Bay Area were set to return to the bargaining table on Wednesday to try to reach a deal.
Longshoremen’s strike halts work at Port of Baltimore
(Reuters) – Cargo operations at the Port of Baltimore, one of the largest and busiest ports in the United States, were halted on Wednesday by a longshoremen’s strike after contract negotiations stalled, port officials said.
In U.S. top court race case, John Roberts is chief phrasemaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As U.S. chief justice, John Roberts has sought to rein in laws he insists have gone too far on race. At the Supreme Court on Tuesday, he matched rhetoric to action with a pithiness that underscores his opposition to racial prefer…
