Coughing, convulsing and calls for probe after Arkansas execution
(Reuters) – A lawyer for an executed Arkansas death row inmate asked the state on Friday to investigate why his client coughed and convulsed on a death chamber gurney, saying a lethal injection drug may have been the cause.
‘Shaving Cats!!??’ Virginia police probe seven pet abductions
(Reuters) – Police and townsfolk in Waynesboro, Virginia, are trying to figure out why someone is abducting pet cats and returning them with hairless underbellies.
Apple, Tesla ask California to change its proposed policies on self-driving car testing
(Reuters) – Apple Inc has asked the state of California to make changes in its proposed policies on self-driving cars, the latest sign the technology giant is pursuing driverless car technology.
U.S. spy agency abandons controversial surveillance technique
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency said on Friday it had stopped a form of surveillance that allowed it to collect without a warrant the digital communications of Americans who mentioned a foreign intelligence target in their mess…
Possible $440 million sale to Israel of naval guns approved: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale to Israel of 76mm naval guns and technical support worth an estimated $440 million, a Pentagon agency said on Friday.
Trump, streaming, likely winners in potential TV writers’ strike
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump may finally get a break.
Court scolds New York county for ‘total obstructionism’ on housing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday admonished New York’s wealthy Westchester County to stop its “total obstructionism” in implementing an agreement designed to boost affordable housing.
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush discharged from hospital
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was discharged on Friday from a Houston hospital where he was treated for a mild case of pneumonia and chronic bronchitis, a family spokesman said.
United Airlines chief executive set to testify before Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief executive of United Airlines Inc will testify before a House panel on Tuesday in the aftermath of the forced removal on April 9 of a passenger from a Chicago flight, an incident that drew international condemnation.
U.S. appeals court grants Trump request on climate regulations case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday granted a Trump administration request to put on hold a legal challenge by industry and a group of states to former President Barack Obama’s regulations aimed at curbing greenhouse emissions mainly …
