Ohio blast traced to construction project, not security threat
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A blast that shook police headquarters in Ohio’s capital city of Columbus was traced to a construction-related battery malfunction in the lobby, and was not a security threat, police said on Wednesday.
New York creates state-wide court system to help prostitutes
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (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 “…
New Jersey couple loses ocean view, gets $1
(Reuters) – An elderly New Jersey couple has accepted $1 to settle litigation over the building of sand dunes that blocked the panoramic beachfront and ocean view from their home, the state said on Wednesday.
North Carolina school board to revisit ‘Invisible Man’ book ban
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – A North Carolina school board is rethinking its ban of Ralph Ellison’s heralded novel “Invisible Man” from school libraries after being ridiculed by residents and undercut by a giveaway of the book at a local b…
Police hunt gunman who shot two on New York’s Long Island
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police launched a search for a gunman who they say shot two people, killing one, in what was described as a workplace incident on Wednesday morning in Garden City, Long Island, a suburb of New York, authorities said.
U.S. Postal Service seeks 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.
California to raise minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2016
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – California has become the first state in the nation to commit to raising the minimum wage to $10 per hour, with the increase to take place gradually through the start of 2016, under a bill signed into law by Democratic Governor J…
California to raise minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2016
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – California has become the first state in the nation to commit to raising the minimum wage to $10 per hour, with the increase to take place gradually through the start of 2016, under a bill signed into law by Democratic Governor J…
Obamacare’s average monthly cost across U.S.: $328
(Reuters) – Americans will pay an average premium of $328 monthly for a mid-tier health insurance plan when the Obamacare health exchanges open for enrollment next week, and most will qualify for government subsidies to lower that price, the federal go…
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.
