Newtown approves state funds for new school at site of massacre
(Reuters) – Residents in Newtown, Connecticut, have voted to accept nearly $50 million in state money to build a new school at the site of an elementary school where a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six adults in December, a town official said on S…
Boehner says U.S. on path to default if Obama won’t negotiate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican House Speaker John Boehner vowed on Sunday not to raise the U.S. debt ceiling without a “serious conversation” about what is driving the debt, while Democrats said it was irresponsible and reckless to raise the possibi…
Nine-year-old boy sneaks on flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas
(Reuters) – A 9-year-old boy slipped through security at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport and flew on a Delta Air Lines plane to Las Vegas without a boarding pass, authorities said on Sunday.
Floodgates reopen in New Orleans, oil platforms restaff as storm wanes
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Massive barge gates shut to prevent flooding in New Orleans were reopened on Sunday and energy firms started returning workers to oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, after officials lifted evacuation orders as Tropical Storm Karen …
Detroit union victory worth ‘refund on deck of Titanic’
(Reuters) – Detroit’s largest public sector union scored a symbolic victory Friday when a Michigan administrative law judge said one of the city’s pension funds could reinstate an extra annual pension check for city workers and retirees, and make retro…
Washington, D.C., Metro welding accident kills worker
(Reuters) – A contractor was killed and two other workers injured overnight in a welding accident on the Washington, D.C., Metro rail system, the railroad said on Sunday.
Tropical Storm Karen dissipates off U.S. Gulf Coast
(Reuters) – The remnants of Tropical Storm Karen, already downgraded to a depression, have dissipated over the Gulf of Mexico, the National Weather Service said on Sunday.
U.S. Republicans will not pass ‘clean’ debt-limit increase: Boehner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday that there is “no way” Republican lawmakers will agree to a measure to raise the nation’s debt ceiling unless it includes conditions to rein in deficit spending.
Pivotal campaign finance case on U.S. high court docket
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court will this week step into the politically charged debate over campaign finance for the first time since its controversial ruling three years ago paved the way for corporations and unions to spend more on pol…
Labor groups push for $15 minimum wage, target Seattle-area airport
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Voters in a working-class Seattle suburb encompassing the region’s main airport will soon decide whether to enact one of the country’s highest minimum wages for several thousand workers in the area.
