Republicans controlling a House committee have moved to eliminate funding for a Clinton-era program that helps local governments hire police officers, a step driven by deepening automatic spending cuts that official Washington appears unable to head off.
A Federal Reserve survey says the U.S. economy grew in most parts of the country from late May through early July, bolstered by the housing recovery, consumers and more factory output.
New Jersey Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver says she won't bring a measure to the chamber's floor that would disband the Rutgers University Board of Trustees.