Pivotal campaign finance case on U.S. high court docket
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court will this week step into the politically charged debate over campaign finance for the first time since its controversial ruling three years ago paved the way for corporations and unions to spend more on pol…
Labor groups push for $15 minimum wage, target Seattle-area airport
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Voters in a working-class Seattle suburb encompassing the region’s main airport will soon decide whether to enact one of the country’s highest minimum wages for several thousand workers in the area.
Nebraska tornado may have been EF4: weather service
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – A tornado that ripped through Nebraska, injuring 15 people and flattening buildings, may have reached a wind velocity of up to 200 miles per hour, the National Weather Service said on Saturday.
Another arrest in motorcycle gang beating on New York highway
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A third suspect was arrested on Saturday for his alleged role in last weekend’s attack on an SUV driver who was chased for miles along a Manhattan highway by dozens of bikers, police said.
Tiger bites Oklahoma zoo worker who reached into cage
(Reuters) – A tiger bit a worker at an Oklahoma zoo when she reached into its cage on Saturday and the injured woman had to be airlifted to a hospital for surgery, officials said.
Illegal immigrants allowed to practice law in California
(Reuters) – Illegal immigrants can be licensed to practice law in California under one of eight bills expanding immigrant rights that were signed by Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday.
Hobbled Tropical Storm Karen hovers off U.S. Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – A severely weakened Tropical Storm Karen crept toward the Louisiana coast on Saturday after earlier fears it would reach hurricane strength prompted the evacuation of some coastal areas and disrupted U.S. energy output in the Gu…
Obama wades into debate over NFL Washington Redskins’ name
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, already embroiled in a battle over a government shutdown, jumped into another dispute on Saturday – a long-running fight over the name of the Washington Redskins NFL team.
Upper Midwest struck by unusual autumn tornadoes, snowstorm
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The upper Midwest was recovering on Saturday from an unusual autumn wallop from a fierce snowstorm that trapped dozens of people in vehicles in western South Dakota and a swarm of tornadoes that left at least 15 people injured in ru…
Midwest surveys damage from rare autumn tornadoes
(Reuters) – With daylight on Saturday, emergency responders began assessing the destruction from a series of more than a dozen rare autumn tornadoes that caused injuries and significant damage in rural areas of Iowa and Nebraska.
