Theranos investors cannot pursue class action: U.S. judge
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ruled that investors who claimed that Theranos Inc defrauded them into investing indirectly in the company by touting revolutionary blood-testing technology that never existed cannot pursue their claims as a class action.
Houston still rebuilding from 2017 floods as new hurricane season arrives
HOUSTON (Reuters) – In an empty lot where Vincent Shields’ Houston home once stood, he points out properties whose owners were driven out after Hurricane Harvey inundated the region last summer.
Leading oncology group wary of Trump drug price proposals
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A leading U.S. group of cancer doctors is wary of new Trump administration proposals for lowering drug prices, particularly if new negotiation tools are introduced that will mean the U.S. government no longer routinely pays for all …
Trump pardons Dinesh D’Souza, says lifestyle maven Stewart may be next
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned a conservative commentator and said he was considering pardoning lifestyle maven Martha Stewart and commuting a former Illinois governor’s prison sentence, prompting critics to accuse h…
California regulator approves $738 million for EV charging stations
(Reuters) – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Thursday said it would invest $738 million in transportation electrification projects across the state, as a part of its 2030 goal for clean air and greenhouse gas reduction.
Texas boy spells ‘koinonia’ correctly, wins Scripps National Spelling Bee
OXON HILL, Md. (Reuters) – Karthik Nemmani of McKinney, Texas, won the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, taking home a $40,000 cash prize after beating the same speller who defeated him at his countywide bee in February.
Mandatory evacuation ordered as Hawaii eruption hits four-week mark
HONOLULU (Reuters) – The Hawaii community hardest hit by the Kilauea Volcano was ordered sealed off under a strict new mandatory evacuation on Thursday as the eruption marked its fourth week with no end in sight.
CPUC approves $738 million for transport electrification projects
(Reuters) – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Thursday said it would invest $738 million in transportation electrification projects across the state, as a part of its 2030 goal for clean air and greenhouse gas reduction.
Boeing workers vote for ‘micro-union’ at South Carolina plant
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A small group of workers at Boeing Co’s South Carolina jetliner factory voted Thursday to unionize but the planemaker announced it would challenge the legality of the bargaining unit.
Savings from Illinois’ pension buyout plan could fall short
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois might not be able to bank on all of the $423 million in much-needed pension savings from a buyout plan included in a fiscal 2019 budget that received final approval in the state legislature on Thursday, government finance e…
