EPA passes on rule covering U.S. hardrock miners’ cleanup costs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it would not act on a proposal to require hardrock mining companies to show they can afford to clean up their sites.
First U.S. birth for woman with transplanted uterus occurs in Texas
(Reuters) – For the first time in the United States, a woman with a transplanted uterus gave birth, officials at a Dallas hospital said on Friday.
American Air reaches deal with pilots over scheduling error
NEW YORK (Reuters) – American Airlines has reached an agreement with its pilots union over premium pay for some December flights, both groups said on Friday, after a scheduling snafu gave too many pilots holiday time off and sent the airline scrambling…
U.S. flight crews ill-equipped for sexual harassment complaints
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Many U.S. flight attendants lack the training in how to deal with complaints of on-board sexual harassment, an industry union and Democratic lawmakers say, raising questions about whether airlines are prepared to protect passengers…
U.S. prosecutors seek arrest of illegal immigrant acquitted of Kate Steinle murder
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Friday sought to arrest an illegal immigrant acquitted of murdering a San Francisco woman in a case raised during the 2016 presidential campaign, saying his conviction on a lesser weapons charge violated the …
Turkish gold trader testifies on bank executive’s role in sham food sales
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Turkish-Iranian gold trader testifying for U.S. prosecutors in a New York court on Friday gave his most detailed account yet of how he claims an executive of Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank devised key parts of a plan to launder mo…
New York Times cuts number of free articles on website
(Reuters) – The New York Times on Friday reduced the number of free articles it will offer most non-subscribers to five from 10 in an effort to make more money from readers.
Vermont woman charged with making deadly poison ricin in retirement home
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Vermont woman who planned to poison herself manufactured the deadly ricin substance in the retirement home where she lived and tested it on her fellow residents, federal officials said in court papers.
Review faults police response to Charlottesville far-right rally
(Reuters) – Charlottesville authorities failed to protect public safety and free speech during a white nationalist rally over Confederate statues that turned deadly in the Virginia college town in August, an independent review said on Friday.
U.S. prosecutors could take Shkreli’s Wu Tang Clan album, Picasso
(Reuters) – Martin Shkreli, dubbed the “pharma bro” for exploits such as jacking up the price of a life-saving drug by 5,000 percent, should forfeit $7.4 million, including his Wu Tang Clan album and a Picasso painting, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday….
