EPA abandons changes to U.S. biofuel program after lawmaker pressure
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has backed off a series of proposed changes to the nation’s biofuels policy after a massive backlash from corn-state lawmakers worried the moves would undercut ethanol demand, according to a…
EPA abandons changes to renewable fuel program after lawmaker pressure: letter
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has backed off a series of controversial changes to the nation’s renewable fuel program after a massive backlash from corn-state lawmakers, the agency said in a letter to lawmakers seen by R…
Alabama executes man convicted of murdering police officer
(This version of the story has been refiled to correct typo in headline)
Trial wraps up for pharmacist in deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak
BOSTON (Reuters) – Closing arguments are set for Friday in the trial of a Massachusetts pharmacist accused of murder and fraud for his role in a 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people and sickened hundreds more across the United States.
Fate of New Hampshire Indonesians goes before U.S. judge in Boston
BOSTON (Reuters) – The case of 47 Indonesian Christians, who fled violence in that country two decades ago and now live illegally in New Hampshire, heads to Boston federal court on Friday, where a judge will weigh whether she can intervene in an immigr…
‘Underwear bomber’ sues U.S. Justice Department over rights
(Reuters) – A Nigerian man serving life sentences for trying to set off a bomb in his underwear on a plane on Christmas Day 2009 is suing the U.S. Justice Department for denying his free speech and religious rights.
Short on staff: Nursing crisis strains U.S. hospitals
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia (Reuters) – A shortage of nurses at U.S. hospitals hit West Virginia’s Charleston Area Medical Center at the worst possible time.
Alabama executes man convicted or murdering police officer
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Alabama on Thursday executed a man convicted of killing a police officer in 1997 by shooting him multiple times in his patrol car, prison officials said.
Obama blasts ‘politics of division’ on return to campaign trail
(Reuters) – Former President Barack Obama, back on the campaign trail on Thursday for the first time since he left the White House, called on voters to reject a growing “politics of division” that he said was corroding American democracy.
Notable municipal bankruptcy lawyer talks shop to Hartford taxpayers
(This version of the story corrects ‘billion’ to ‘million’ in sixth paragraph; changes title of mayor’s assistant in ninth paragraph)
