Polar freeze grips United States, disrupting travel, business
CHICAGO/CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) – A blast of Arctic air gripped the vast middle of the United States on Monday with the coldest temperatures in two decades causing at least four deaths, forcing businesses and schools to close and canceling thousands …
Detroit emergency manager opts to delay pension freeze
(Reuters) – Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr on Monday delayed a move to freeze the pension fund for some of the city’s workers just hours after the order became public, saying a delay would allow for mediation with the city’s retirement funds to pl…
U.S. senator’s plane makes emergency landing, all safe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A United Airlines flight carrying U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham was forced to make an emergency landing at a South Carolina airport on Monday shortly after taking off on a flight to Washington, but all the passengers were safe.
U.S. militia members on trial in Georgia for anti-government ricin plot
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of two alleged domestic militia members charged with conspiring to produce ricin, the biological toxin.
Student convicted in Steubenville, Ohio rape released from detention
(Reuters) – One of two high school football players convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl at a 2012 party in Steubenville, Ohio, in a case that drew national attention, has been released from juvenile detention, his lawyer said.
New York’s Cuomo pushes $2 billion tax cut
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday he would back proposals to cut taxes in the state by $2 billion over the next three years.
Man charged with arson at Chinese consulate in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Monday charged a 39-year-old man with arson in connection with a fire at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on New Year’s day, after deciding not to treat the incident as an act of terrorism.
Brain-dead California girl arrives at extended care facility
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California girl declared brain dead following complications from a tonsillectomy, whose case has prompted debate over when to withdraw life support, has arrived at an undisclosed care facility with her mother, a family spoke…
Americans unlikely to move to get better Medicaid benefits: study
BOSTON (Reuters) – Americans are unlikely to move to another state to obtain better medical coverage, according to a Harvard study released on Monday that debunks fears expanded Medicaid in some states under the U.S. Affordable Care Act will trigger bi…
JetBlue, other airlines cancel flights as cold hobbles operations
(Reuters) – JetBlue Airways said it planned to suspend flights at New York and Boston airports later on Monday, and gradually resume them on Tuesday, as extreme cold hobbled airline operations in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast regions.
