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.
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.
