McDonald’s flips to fresh beef in 3,500 U.S. restaurants
OAK BROOK, Ill. (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp said on Tuesday that it had begun serving fresh beef Quarter Pounders and other premium burgers at about 3,500 restaurants in the United States, and most of its other U.S. locations will follow suit by May.
Trial to begin over Kansas voter ID law requiring citizenship proof
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) – A trial over a Kansas law critics call illegal that requires proof of U.S citizenship from people registering to vote is set to begin on Tuesday.
Maersk says loses containers off U.S. East Coast
(Reuters) – Shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk said Tuesday between 70 and 73 containers had collapsed on a vessel off the U.S. East Coast, causing some of the containers to fall into the ocean.
Arizona felon indicted for eight murders in Phoenix area
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A convicted Arizona felon has been formally charged with eight counts of first-degree murder over a series of fatal shootings on Phoenix-area streets late last year, court documents showed on Monday. Cleophus Cooksey Jr., 35, was also charged with armed robbery, kidnapping, sexual assault and burglary during the three-week crime spree, according to a state grand jury indictment handed down on Thursday and made public on Monday.
Puerto Rico’s governor presses power utility privatization
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Rossello on Monday pressed proposals for privatizing the U.S. commonwealth’s shattered electrical grid as part of its painstaking recovery from devastating September hurricanes.
Panama court evicts Trump management from hotel in bitter spat
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – A Panamanian court on Monday evicted the Trump management team from the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama City, in an apparent victory for the hotel’s majority owner, who has fought to regain control of th…
Florida state Senate votes against arming most classroom teachers
PARKLAND, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida’s Republican-controlled Senate approved sweeping reforms to the state’s gun law on Monday that raise the minimum purchase age and add a three-day waiting period in response to the deadliest high school shooting in U.S…
U.S. Army says mishandled war dogs, will comply with call for reform
(Reuters) – The U.S. Army confirmed on Monday that it had mishandled retired bomb-sniffing war dogs and said it would comply with recommendations in a Defense Department Inspector General’s report that called for reforms.
Call for more women speakers spurs rival California cyber security conference
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Cyber security professionals from companies including Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc announced on Monday a small alternative to Dell Inc’s [DI.UL] RSA Conference after criticizing the major industry gathering for scheduling jus…
Ex-lawyers for rap’s ‘Suge’ Knight accused of witness bribery
(Reuters) – Two former lawyers for rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight were indicted on charges of conspiracy to bribe potential witnesses in his upcoming murder trial, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said on Monday.
