White House to help bankrupt Detroit demolish buildings, hire firefighters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will send a group of top officials to Detroit on Friday to offer millions in assistance for knocking down empty buildings, hiring firefighters and adding buses to the city fleet, as the city struggles after filing…
Seven cars, crossovers win top marks for vehicle crash avoidance
DETROIT (Reuters) – Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Subaru earned the highest marks in a new front crash avoidance test program developed for the U.S. insurance industry.
California man arrested in stabbing death of Dodgers fan
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A 21-year-old California man was arrested on Thursday in the stabbing death of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan just blocks from the San Francisco Giants baseball stadium in a fight between fans of the rival franchises.
California solar policy costing all utility customers: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California’s non-solar homeowners are paying a growing share of maintaining the power grid under a controversial state policy, while ratepayers with solar rooftops are paying less, a report commissioned by the state’s utility re…
Elvis impersonator wrongly arrested for sending ricin to Obama sues accuser
JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) – An Elvis impersonator from Mississippi falsely accused of sending ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and other officials filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the man authorities now believe is the real perp…
Coroner releases body of Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis
(Reuters) – An autopsy has been completed on the body of Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis and his remains have been released, a spokeswoman for the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office of Washington, D.C., said on Thursday.
Texas man put to death for murder over $100 debt
(Reuters) – A Texas man who stabbed another man to death for failing to pay back a $100 debt to an exotic dancer was executed on Thursday by lethal injection, a state corrections official said.
Watchdog faults U.S. Navy approach to building unmanned carrier planes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Government Accountability Office on Thursday faulted the U.S. Navy’s plan to spend $3.7 billion to develop, build and field a new unmanned carrier-based warplane without subjecting the program to a rigorous review until 2020….
Nannies to get overtime under new California law
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – Nannies and other domestic workers in California will be entitled to overtime pay under a law signed on Thursday by Governor Jerry Brown, in a second major victory for lower-wage employees this week in the most populo…
Sag in Wisconsin freeway bridge causes indefinite closure
(Reuters) – A major bridge that carries freeway traffic over a river in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was closed indefinitely on Thursday after it suddenly developed a sag that was described by one policeman as resembling a roller coaster.
