Miami Beach protesters demand arrest of officer who Tasered teenager
MIAMI BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – More than 200 people marched through Miami Beach on Sunday, clogging tourist-filled sidewalks to demand the arrest of a policeman who fired a stun gun at a graffiti artist who died in police custody.
Dozens rescued after heavy rains cause flooding in Kentucky
(Reuters) – Emergency workers in Kentucky plucked 12 people from floodwaters and evacuated 82 others, including 50 from one apartment complex, after the Louisville area was hit by heavy rains this weekend, local officials said on Sunday.
Newtown approves state funds for new school at site of massacre
(Reuters) – Residents in Newtown, Connecticut, have voted to accept nearly $50 million in state money to build a new school at the site of an elementary school where a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six adults in December, a town official said on S…
Boehner says U.S. on path to default if Obama won’t negotiate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican House Speaker John Boehner vowed on Sunday not to raise the U.S. debt ceiling without a “serious conversation” about what is driving the debt, while Democrats said it was irresponsible and reckless to raise the possibi…
Nine-year-old boy sneaks on flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas
(Reuters) – A 9-year-old boy slipped through security at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport and flew on a Delta Air Lines plane to Las Vegas without a boarding pass, authorities said on Sunday.
Floodgates reopen in New Orleans, oil platforms restaff as storm wanes
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Massive barge gates shut to prevent flooding in New Orleans were reopened on Sunday and energy firms started returning workers to oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, after officials lifted evacuation orders as Tropical Storm Karen …
Detroit union victory worth ‘refund on deck of Titanic’
(Reuters) – Detroit’s largest public sector union scored a symbolic victory Friday when a Michigan administrative law judge said one of the city’s pension funds could reinstate an extra annual pension check for city workers and retirees, and make retro…
Washington, D.C., Metro welding accident kills worker
(Reuters) – A contractor was killed and two other workers injured overnight in a welding accident on the Washington, D.C., Metro rail system, the railroad said on Sunday.
Tropical Storm Karen dissipates off U.S. Gulf Coast
(Reuters) – The remnants of Tropical Storm Karen, already downgraded to a depression, have dissipated over the Gulf of Mexico, the National Weather Service said on Sunday.
U.S. Republicans will not pass ‘clean’ debt-limit increase: Boehner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday that there is “no way” Republican lawmakers will agree to a measure to raise the nation’s debt ceiling unless it includes conditions to rein in deficit spending.
