U.S. government workers feel sting of being ‘non-essential’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government shutdown has divided hundreds of thousands of workers into those classified as critically important and others seen as less so, bruising egos and leaving many grappling with the financial toll of unpaid leave….
KKK rally in Pennsylvania becomes casualty of government shutdown
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Ku Klux Klan rally became a casualty of the U.S. government shutdown on Tuesday when National Parks officials told the white supremacist group the event would have to be canceled.
California’s Berkeley campus returning to normal after electrical blast
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Power has been restored to most of the University of California, Berkeley, but some classes remained canceled a day after an underground electrical vault exploded, injuring several people and prompting a campus evacuation, sch…
Homeless man stabs five, including toddler, in New York park
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A homeless man armed with scissors attacked and wounded five people, including a one-year-old boy, in a New York City park busy with morning joggers and commuters, police said on Tuesday.
Mississippi town sued after refusing to license gay bar
TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) – A rural northeast Mississippi community discriminated against a lesbian woman by denying her a license to reopen a bar catering to gays and lesbians, a federal lawsuit filed on Tuesday claims.
Lone survivor of Colorado rock slide saved by her dad: rescuer
DENVER (Reuters) – A 13-year-old girl who was the lone survivor of a Colorado rock slide that killed five hikers told a rescuer that her father shielded her from tumbling boulders, which likely saved her life, according to the rescuer.
Head of VW labor group to meet Tennessee workers: sources
DETROIT/BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG’s most influential labor leader will meet with workers at the German automaker’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Wednesday to discuss the possibility of the United Auto Workers union representing them, severa…
Four bodies recovered from wreckage of California plane crash
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Medical examiners recovered four bodies on Tuesday from the wreckage of a small jet that crash-landed into a hangar and burst into flames at the Santa Monica airport near Los Angeles over the weekend, the coroner’s office operat…
Chinese dissident Chen to join conservative U.S. think tank
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident and legal rights activist who accused New York University of forcing him to leave this summer because of alleged pressure from the Chinese government, will be joining The Witherspoon Institute…
Two years after bankruptcy, California city again mired in pension debt
(Reuters) – Less than two years after exiting bankruptcy, the city of Vallejo, California, is again facing a budget crisis as soaring pension costs, which were left untouched in the bankruptcy reorganization, eat up an ever-growing share of tax revenue…
