Storm to cloak Midwest to Northeast in snow, freezing rain
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – A wide band of ice, freezing rain and snow was expected to march across the Midwest Friday, stretching across a broad swath of the country into the Northeast, where many areas were still recovering from a winter storm …
Voter-approved $15 minimum wage law in Seattle suburb faces legal challenge
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – A judge on Friday will hear a legal challenge to the voter-approved initiative enacting a $15 minimum wage for travel and hospitality sector workers in a Seattle suburb that is home to the region’s main international air…
Prosecutors ask lesser sentence for Ohio man who shot wife
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Prosecutors have asked a judge on Friday to sentence an Ohio man convicted of shooting his wife to death while she was lying in a hospital bed suffering from a brain aneurism to six years in prison instead of a possible life term….
Eight years on the lam, escaped zoo flamingo living large in Texas
(Reuters) – An African flamingo that escaped a Wichita, Kansas, zoo eight years ago has been spotted living with a companion cavorting in the Gulf of Mexico, some 670 miles to the south.
U.S. deep freeze to persist hampering grain, livestock movement
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Cold weather is expected to continue through at least the balance of the year in the U.S. Midwest which will keep many river shipping channels frozen and prevent normally smooth transfer of grain, an agricultural meteorologist said …
Four stabbed in melee outside Denver NFL stadium
DENVER (Reuters) – Four people were stabbed, with one critically wounded, in a melee late on Thursday in a parking lot outside a stadium hosting a U.S. National Football League game, police said.
U.S. Congress, CIA still feuding over interrogations and secret prisons
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Intelligence Committee and the Central Intelligence Agency still have major disagreements over a huge report the committee is trying to complete that is highly critical of harsh counterterrorism practices such as “wate…
Houston school board votes to stop using Native American mascot names
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The Houston school board gave preliminary approval on Thursday to a policy to stop using mascot names such as “Redskins” that reference Native American culture and have been called offensive by advocacy groups.
Iowa, federal government reach agreement on health insurance expansion
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Iowa has reached a tentative agreement with federal officials on a plan to expand the number of low-income state residents eligible for Medicaid under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law, Iowa’s governor said on …
Iowa, federal government reach agreement on health insurance expansion
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Iowa has reached a tentative agreement with federal officials on a plan to expand the number of low-income state residents eligible for Medicaid under President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law, Iowa’s governor said on …
