U.S. Senate casts first vote to advance government spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday began advancing a bill to keep the government operating beyond September 30 when funding for this fiscal year runs out, as it cleared away a procedural hurdle that some Republicans had erected.
Four crew injured in Texas freight train collisions
(Reuters) – Four crew members were injured Wednesday after collisions involving three freight trains spilled debris and overturned at least one engine near Amarillo, Texas, officials said.
New York creates state-wide court system for helping prostitutes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York is creating the nation’s first statewide system of courtrooms aimed at helping people escape lives of prostitution, which the law treats as a crime, but the state’s chief judge on Wednesday described as akin to “modern-day…
Tat’s all, folks? U.S. Army weighs new tattoo policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tattoos are everywhere these days, with no body parts off limits. But the U.S. Army may be asking new recruits to roll up their tattoo sleeves as part of a new uniform policy.
Ohio uses last lethal drug dose to execute convicted murderer
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio used the state’s last available dose of the drug pentobarbital on Wednesday to execute a man described by prosecutors as a racist, who was convicted of killing a neighbor and then a police officer responding to the shooting.
U.S. Postal Service to raise prices in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service plans to raise the cost of mailing a letter in the United States by three pennies to 49 cents in January, the agency announced on Wednesday.
Nevada teen sought in killing of mom and little brother
(Reuters) – Police are looking for a 16-year-old boy in connection with the stabbing death of his mother and 9-year-old brother in their home in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson, authorities said.
U.S. Postal Service pays futurist to study stamps’ fate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The financially strapped United States Postal Service is paying a futurist more than half a million dollars to assess the future of stamps as the agency struggles to raise revenues.
Three freight trains collide near Amarillo, Texas; four injured
(Reuters) – Three freight trains collided near Amarillo, Texas, on Wednesday, injuring four crew members, two of them critically, a railroad spokesman said.
Exclusive: Hundreds of U.S. security clearances seen falsified
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors have documented at least 350 instances of faulty background investigations done by private contractors and special agents for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in recent years, illustrating what some law…
