Detroit schools can't meet payroll after June 30
(Reuters) - The cash-strapped Detroit Public Schools will run out of money to pay employees after the fiscal year wraps up on June 30, the schools' emergency manager said on Saturday.Steven Rhodes, a...
View ArticleDerailed train near Washington leaks hazardous material
By David LawderWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A CSX freight train derailed in northeastern Washington, D.C. on Sunday, spilling hazardous material near a city subway station, and emergency workers were...
View ArticleEyeing an Indiana victory, Trump says, 'It's over'
By Steve Holland and Valerie VolcoviciWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will have essentially sealed the Republican U.S. presidential nomination if he wins...
View ArticleMalia Obama headed to Harvard, will take gap year first
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's eldest daughter Malia will attend Harvard University in the fall of 2017 after taking a year off from studies following her high school graduation...
View ArticleBergdahl defense can access classified information, court rules
(Reuters) - Lawyers for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who faces a potential life sentence for desertion while serving in Afghanistan, should have access to classified material to prepare his...
View ArticleConnecticut governor honored for welcoming Syrian refugees
By Ted and SieferBOSTON (Reuters) - Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy was honored on Sunday by the family of John F. Kennedy for embracing Syrian refugees at a time when other U.S. leaders sought to...
View ArticleMay Day rallies in Los Angeles carry strong anti-Trump theme
By Lucy Nicholson and Jane RossLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of people marched through Los Angeles on Sunday in May Day rallies that took aim at Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump for...
View ArticleUber drivers in New York form labor association
(This May 1st story has been corrected to delete the reference to NLRB's ruling on unionization. An NLRB petition by drivers was withdrawn in March.)(Reuters) - Uber drivers in New York state have...
View ArticleMan appears in court for attempted attack on Florida synagogue
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A South Florida man appeared before a federal judge in Miami on Monday to face charges for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction at a synagogue in Aventura, Florida,...
View ArticleNew Chicago high-rise will be city's biggest Chinese property deal
By Dave McKinneyCHICAGO (Reuters) - China's largest commercial property company, Dalian Wanda, and a Chicago real estate developer on Monday announced they will build a $900 million skyscraper, the...
View ArticleSolar-powered plane departs California on round-the-world flight
By Steve GormanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A solar-powered airplane midway through an attempt to circle the globe began the next leg of its history-making journey on Monday, departing northern California...
View ArticleVW, UAW officials to meet on labor dispute at Tennessee plant
By Bernie WoodallDETROIT (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG and United Auto Workers union officials will meet later this month in an effort to overcome a labor dispute at the VW plant in Tennessee.Gary Casteel,...
View ArticleFire breaks out at historic Manhattan church
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fire broke out on Sunday at Manhattan's historic Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sava, the New York City Fire Department said. The department said on its Twitter feed there...
View ArticleNational Guardsman arrested after standoff at Maryland armory
By Gina Cherelus(Reuters) - An unarmed soldier was arrested at a Maryland National Guard armory on Monday after he barricaded himself inside a building that housed a cache of small weapons, authorities...
View ArticleKentucky judge temporarily bars removal of Confederate statue
By Steve BittenbenderLOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - A state judge in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday temporarily blocked a move by the city and a local university to take down a longstanding monument to...
View ArticleDrink Flint water? White House does not know if Obama will
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said it does not know whether President Barack Obama will drink filtered city water when he visits Flint, Michigan on Wednesday for the first time since a...
View ArticleTwitter lawsuit partly dismissed over U.S. information requests
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday partly dismissed a lawsuit filed by Twitter Inc in which the social media company argued it should be allowed to publicly disclose more details about...
View ArticleJudge hears Sandusky's petition on child sex abuse conviction
By David DeKokBELLEFONTE, Pa. (Reuters) - Jerry Sandusky, shackled and dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit, appeared in court on Monday in a bid to overturn his child sex abuse conviction, but the...
View ArticleGun owner trying to break up dispute fatally shot in Texas parking lot
By Lisa Maria GarzaDALLAS (Reuters) - A gun owner was fatally shot in a Dallas-area drugstore parking lot on Monday after intervening in a domestic dispute in which a woman was wounded, police said....
View ArticleL.A.'s 'Grim Sleeper' murder trial closing arguments underway
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former Los Angeles sanitation worker charged with murdering nine women and a teenage girl was a serial killer who quietly blended into his community to in order to kill,...
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