San Francisco rail workers plan strike barring last-minute deal: union
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Commuter rail workers in San Francisco will go on strike on Friday unless a last-minute deal with management on a contract is reached before midnight on Thursday, an employee union said in a statement.
New NSA deputy expected to be leaks task force head: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Richard Ledgett, who heads a new task force at the National Security Agency to handle information leaks, is expected to take over as the deputy director of the spy agency after the current No. 2 retires in January, sources told R…
Knife-wielding man hijacks Arkansas school bus
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) – An Arkansas man wielding a knife hijacked a school bus carrying 11 elementary school students as well as the driver on Thursday morning, but all the children were freed unharmed, police said.
Former Primary Global employee avoids jail in insider case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former technology analyst at expert networking firm Primary Global Research LLC avoided jail time on Thursday after a judge praised his “very substantial assistance” in cooperating with a government insider-trading investigation….
Chicago’s O’Hare airport adds runway to cut delays, grow traffic
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport opened a new runway on Thursday, which the city hopes can cut delays by nearly half, and allow for nearly 90,000 additional annual flights as demand grows.
Police lift evacuation at San Francisco’s Union Square
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – An evacuation of San Francisco’s Union Square, a plaza popular with tourists that is surrounded by upscale shops, was lifted after less than two hours on Thursday when a suspicious package was found to pose no threat, the poli…
Donations, prisoners aid cities, ranchers after South Dakota blizzard
(Reuters) – Donations of money and some cattle have been rolling in for South Dakota ranchers after a blizzard last week killed tens of thousands of cattle in one of the state’s worst agriculture tragedies, state officials said on Thursday.
Lawmakers launch budget talks as Washington returns to work
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers launched an effort to resolve budget differences in a less confrontational fashion on Thursday as Washington picked up the pieces from a political crisis that has slowed the economy and undermined the country’s int…
Blackwater guards face new U.S. charges for Iraq shooting deaths
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States brought new manslaughter charges on Thursday against four former Blackwater Worldwide security guards for a 2007 shooting in Baghdad that prosecutors said killed 14 unarmed civilians.
Rhode Island librarians seek to change image with tattoo calendar
BOSTON (Reuters) – Librarians in Rhode Island are showing off their tattoos in a new calendar designed to counter stereotypes about their profession and promote libraries as 21st century community hubs rather than mere book repositories.
