California fires force evacuation in exclusive L.A. area
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Southern California wildfires raged into an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood on Wednesday, forcing evacuations, threatening multibillion-dollar homes and temporarily shutting a major highway.
Some U.S. truckers ask Trump to tap brakes on electronic logs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Many independent U.S. truckers are pushing President Donald Trump to back his anti-regulatory rhetoric by delaying an Obama-era rule requiring electronic monitors in trucks, a measure some drivers fear could put them out of busin…
Google beats class action sex bias claims, for now
(Reuters) – A California state judge has dismissed class action claims accusing Alphabet Inc’s Google of paying female employees less than men and giving them fewer opportunities for promotions.
U.S. Air Force unveils criminal reporting reforms in wake of Texas shooting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force is toughening its rules for reporting criminal records to the government’s gun owner background check database, after a man convicted of assault while in the service was able to purchase guns and later shot and…
Attorney general calls for expedient review of immigration cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo on Wednesday calling on the Justice Department’s Executive Office for immigration Review to take steps to expedite its adjudication of immigration cases.
Turkey links U.S. judge in sanctions case to wanted cleric
ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said on Wednesday the U.S. judge hearing the trial of an executive at Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank had taken part in events organized by a cleric Ankara blames for last year’s failed military cou…
More than 1,000 firefighters battle California inferno
VENTURA, Calif. (Reuters) – More than 1,000 firefighters battled an unrelenting wildfire on Wednesday that threatened more than 12,000 homes in and around Ventura, the biggest of several uncontrolled Southern California blazes fanned by intensifying dr…
Sign-ups pick up in week five of 2018 Obamacare open enrollment: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of people signing up for 2018 Obamacare plans picked up significantly during the fifth week of open enrollment, a U.S. government agency reported on Wednesday, but the number of participants appears to be falling short…
U.S. says Dentsply Sirona to pay $1.2 million settlement over exports to Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Dentsply Sirona Inc has agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle apparent Iranian sanctions violations by two of its subsidiaries, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said on Wednesday.
Growing length of U.S. freight trains in federal crosshairs after crashes: GAO
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The investigative arm of the U.S. Congress is launching a probe into the safety of increasingly long freight trains being operated by CSX Corp , Union Pacific Corp and other major U.S. railroads to boost profitability, the U.S. Gov…
