U.S. safety board blames two commuter crashes on sleep disorders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. investigative agency said on Tuesday that two New York City area commuter train crashes were the result of engineers with undiagnosed sleep disorders.
Detroit City Council approves $55 million bond repurchase plan
(Reuters) – Detroit will tap up to $55 million in surplus cash to retire some of the debt the city issued in 2014 as part of its exit from bankruptcy, under a plan approved on Tuesday by the city council.
Transgender people sue Alabama over driver’s license policy
(Reuters) – Three transgender people sued an Alabama state agency on Tuesday, alleging its policy requiring proof of gender surgery to change the gender indicator on driver’s licenses was discriminatory.
Alabama sues OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over opioid epidemic
(Reuters) – Alabama on Tuesday became the latest state to file a lawsuit accusing OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP of fueling the opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing prescription painkillers to generate billions of dollars in sales.
U.S. probes false tsunami cellphone alerts that spooked Americans
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. officials were investigating how incorrect alerts were broadcast to cellphones on Tuesday warning residents of coastal cities from New York to New Orleans of possible tsunami waves.
U.S. jurors’ identities in ‘El Chapo’ drug trial to remain secret
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Brooklyn has ruled that the identities of jurors expected to decide the fate of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman at a trial this year will be kept secret.
False tsunami alerts spook Americans, prompting official probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. National Weather Service said on Tuesday it was investigating how incorrect alerts were broadcast to cellphones warning residents of coastal cities from at least New York to New Orleans of possible tsunami waves.
Patriots star Gronkowski burgled on Super Bowl weekend: police
BOSTON (Reuters) – Super Bowl weekend brought a one-two of bad news for New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, whose home was burgled following the team’s upset loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, police said on Tuesday.
U.S. judge orders protection for Mexican drug lord El Chapo’s jury
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ordered special protection for the Brooklyn jury expected to decide the fate of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman at the accused Mexican drug lord’s upcoming trial.
Special Report: In Puerto Rico, a housing crisis U.S. storm aid won’t solve
CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Among the countless Puerto Rico neighborhoods battered by Hurricane Maria is one named after another storm: Villa Hugo. The illegal shantytown emerged on a public wetland after 1989’s Hurricane Hugo left thousands homeless.
