Scant oversight, corporate secrecy preceded U.S. weed killer crisis
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As the U.S. growing season entered its peak this summer, farmers began posting startling pictures on social media: fields of beans, peach orchards and vegetable gardens withering away.
Houston-area oil refineries unaffected by flooding after heavy rains
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Houston-area oil refineries were unaffected by heavy rains that caused flooding across wide areas of the city Monday night and Tuesday morning, the companies and industry sources said on Tuesday.
Bomb threat suspect in Israel offered services on dark web: U.S. authorities
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Israeli teenager accused of a wave of bomb threats against dozens of Jewish community centers advertised his services on a now-shuttered online black market, offering to threaten any school for $30, according to U.S. authorities…
Senior U.S. envoy tries to calm fears over State Department re-design
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The No. 2 U.S. diplomat on Tuesday sought to allay concerns among the State Department’s rank-and-file employees over possible layoffs and perceptions of a lack of firm direction under the administration of President Donald Trump…
‘El Chapo’ Guzman hires John Gotti Jr’s lawyer in U.S. case
(Reuters) – Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the captured leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, has hired a New York lawyer best known for successfully defending the son of convicted mafia boss John Gotti to represent him in his U.S. criminal case.
Trump vows to ‘win’ against opioid epidemic, offers no new steps
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump promised to win the fight against a U.S. epidemic of opioid drug use, but offered no new steps to do so and did not act on a recommendation made by a presidential commission that he declare a nationa…
Florida boy dies in hot daycare van, worker to face charges
(Reuters) – A three-year-old boy died after being left for hours in a Florida daycare van, and criminal charges are pending against the worker who transported him in the vehicle, officials said on Tuesday.
U.S. drops charges in another high-profile Wall Street case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday dropped their criminal case accusing Benjamin Wey of running a fraudulent stock manipulation scheme, after a federal judge threw out much of the evidence they hoped to use against the financier.
U.S. plane passenger foils text message plot to molest children
(Reuters) – Impromptu detective work by a woman on an airline flight resulted in the arrest of another passenger whose text messages about sexually abusing children she photographed and gave to police, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.
New Hampshire sues Purdue Pharma over opioid marketing practices
(Reuters) – New Hampshire sued OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP on Tuesday, joining several state and local governments in accusing the drugmaker of engaging in deceptive marketing practices that have helped fuel a national opioid addiction epidemic.
