Pension, retiree healthcare and debt service costs combined increased nearly 54 percent from 2009 to 2014, from $129 million to $198 million in 2014, Moody’s noted, while fixed costs exceeded 30 percent of the city’s operating revenues, even as its contribution to its public pensions fell $17.7 million short in fiscal 2014. New Orleans is also dependent on the oil and gas sector, which is volatile, and its population remains
Senior Trooper Steven Vincent, 43, had pulled over to assist the driver of Dodge pickup truck in a ditch on Sunday afternoon, state police said in a statement. The driver, Kevin Daigle, who was driving recklessly earlier, then pulled out a sawed-off shotgun and fired, striking the trooper in the head. You’re going to die soon,” Louisiana State Police Colonel Michael Edmonson told reporters on Sunday.
The four men were honored for subduing a heavily armed man on a train speeding towards Paris.
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — IndyCar driver Justin Wilson was in a coma and in critical condition after sustaining a head injury when he was hit by a large piece of debris that broke off a car Sunday in the crash-filled race at Pocono Raceway.
The GOP frontrunner continues to dodge specifics on how he would execute his plan.
EDGARTOWN, Massachusetts (AP) — President Barack Obama may have finally shed his summer curse — just in time for a daunting fall.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sign-up season for President Barack Obama’s health care law doesn’t start for another couple of months, but the next few days are crucial for hundreds of thousands of customers who risk losing financial aid when they renew coverage for 2016.
MATENEH, Sierra Leone (AP) — Health authorities in Sierra Leone released the country’s last known Ebola patient from the hospital on Monday, a milestone that allows the nation to begin a 42-day countdown to being declared free of the virus that has killed nearly 4,000 people here.President Ernest Bai Koroma presented a certificate of discharge…
Burton boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was left angered by his side’s performance at the weekend and will make some changes against his former club Middlesbrough in the Capital One Cup.
Jed Wallace could make his Wolves debut in the Capital One Cup clash with Barnet as he nears full fitness following a foot injury after his move from Portsmouth in the summer.
