COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) – Governor John Kasich signed on Thursday a bill that curbs collective bargaining rights and bans strikes affecting about 360,000 public workers, making Ohio the most populous state to pass anti-union legislation this year. Republican Kasich signed the controversial measure at a ceremony in Columbus one day after it received final approval [...]
MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Wisconsin suspended enforcement of a new law reducing public sector union powers on Thursday after a judge ruled it had not taken effect, while Ohio enacted a similar measure curbing collective bargaining by state employees. The Wisconsin announcement brought a new twist to political wrangling over the state’s budget that has [...]
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Rebels cheered the defection of a Libyan minister as a sign that Muammar Gaddafi’s rule was crumbling, but U.S. officials warned he was far from beaten and made clear they feared entanglement in another painful war. After former Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa arrived in Britain, London urged others around Gaddafi to [...]
DENVER (Reuters) – A 16-year-old boy is under investigation for the murder of his great-grandparents, police said on Thursday, the second time in a month that a young male is suspected in a family killing in rural eastern Colorado. Lance Clem, spokesman for the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, said that detectives have no other suspects [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former New Orleans police officer was sentenced on Thursday to more than 25 years in prison for the shooting death of a man just after Hurricane Katrina hit the city, the Justice Department said. It said another former officer received a sentence of more than 17 years in prison for burning [...]