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With the aid of Mary Wisniewski GARY, Indiana (Reuters) – Struggling U.S. Rust Belt cities for years have tried to counter the lack of manufacturing jobs with large, pricey initiatives like casinos and stadiums. and Youngstown, Ohio, these tasks brought hope and headlines. Now, Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson and civic […]
By using Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic-led Senate, reflecting an enormous shift prior to now decade in public opinion, passed a bipartisan invoice on Thursday to outlaw discrimination towards homosexual staff. But the measure faces an uphill battle within the Republican-led House of Representatives. The invoice cleared the […]
By Joseph Lichterman DETROIT (Reuters) – The financial adviser for Detroit's two pension funds testified in federal court on Thursday that the town did not negotiate previous to submitting the most important municipal bankruptcy in U.S. historical past in July. The adviser's testimony came on the eighth day of an […]
Via Curtis Skinner NEW YORK (Reuters) – Attorneys for Major League Baseball and embattled famous person Alex Rodriguez agreed on one factor at a judicial hearing in New York on Thursday – neither side needs to be in federal courtroom. The New York Yankees slugger, who’s suing MLB and Commissioner […]
Three people, including at the least one student, have been taken into custody at Relevant Connecticut State University on Monday after a security scare and lockdown that campus police stated can have been because of a scholar in a Halloween costume carrying a sword. University officers positioned the school on […]
Via Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Monday opposed a bill to ban place of job discrimination in accordance with sexual orientation and gender id, dimming the chances of the White Home-backed measure changing into law. “The speaker believes this law will raise frivolous […]
Through Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) – A Florida jury on Monday convicted 23-12 months-outdated Eric Rivera, Jr. of second-degree murder within the 2007 slaying of Washington Redskins soccer megastar Sean Taylor right through a botched burglary at his Miami-area home. Rivera was additionally found responsible of armed housebreaking. After confessing […]
Through Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Six individuals, including two youngsters, have been shot to death in a South Carolina house on Tuesday in what police imagine is a murder-suicide involving contributors of a household, authorities said. Investigators still do not know which of the slain used to […]
By means of Victoria Cavaliere and Dave Warner NEW YORK/SEASIDE PARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – Victims of Superstorm Sandy lower back the waterfront where their neighbors and loved ones had been killed a year in the past Tuesday, honoring the useless while many are still struggling to rebuild their damaged […]
By using Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is facing contemporary assaults for his pledge that American citizens who like their current healthcare plans can maintain them underneath Obamacare after experiences that lots of American citizens dealing with cancellation notices. Accusations that the pledge was deceptive are potentially […]
MADRID (Reuters) – The U.S. Nationwide Safety Agency (NSA) just lately tracked over 60 million calls in Spain in the area of a month, a Spanish newspaper mentioned on Monday, citing a file which it said fashioned a part of papers received from ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Spain’s govt has […]
Via Eric Kelsey and Jonathan Alcorn LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson's non-public doctor, convicted of manslaughter for administering a lethal dose of anesthetic to the pop singer, was launched from a Los Angeles prison on Monday after serving half of his 4-year sentence. Conrad Murray was once released to […]
Via David Morgan and Sharon Begley WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A knowledge heart important for permitting uninsured Americans to buy health coverage below President Barack Obama's healthcare law went down on Sunday, halting on-line enrollment for all 50 states within the latest drawback to hit the program's afflicted rollout. The […]
By means of David Morgan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two months before the troubled October 1 launch of Obamacare exchanges, a key administration official overseeing this system assured a congressional oversight panel that work was on course to roll out a tested web page that might make it […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York mom and her 4 young children have been stabbed to death overnight of their Brooklyn dwelling, and a person who was at the scene used to be taken into custody for questioning, the New York Police Department stated on Sunday. Responding to an […]
