Rivian Automotive to acquire shuttered Illinois plant: mayor
(Reuters) – Suburban Detroit-based Rivian Automotive is buying the former Mitsubishi Motors plant in Normal, Illinois, and plans to reopen it in about five years, the city’s mayor said on Friday.
Health agencies say Miami Beach no longer Zika transmission zone
(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Florida Department of Health said on Friday that the Miami Beach area was no longer considered an active Zika transmission zone.
Activist Chicago priest reflects on city’s ‘shameful’ violent year
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A longtime activist Chicago priest who has marched in protests, attended vigils and delivered sermons decrying violence in the city’s most deadly year in nearly two decades, fears the surge in murders could continue into 2017.
Alabama executes man for 1994 convenience store killing
(Reuters) – Alabama executed a former Eagle scout on Thursday for a convenience store killing in 1994, the 20th person executed in the United States this year and the second in Alabama.
Ohio lawmakers approve college campus concealed-carry bill
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Ohio approved a bill on Friday that opens the way for licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons on college campuses, less than two weeks after a man injured 11 in a stabbing attack at Ohio State University.
For U.S. veterans, pipeline protest promises to galvanize activism
CANNON BALL/FORT YATES, N.D. (Reuters) – U.S. veterans, thousands of whom last week helped stop a contested oil pipeline running through North Dakota, could become important partners of activists on the environment, the economy, race and other issues t…
Conjoined twins who faced each other separated in California surgery
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Conjoined 2-year-old twin girls who were separated at a California hospital this week were recovering in stable condition after 17 hours of surgery, officials said on Thursday.
Ohio passes second, less restrictive, abortion bill
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio lawmakers passed a second piece of legislation in two days on Thursday restricting abortion access in the state by banning the procedure after 20 weeks of gestation.
Trump says U.S.-China relationship must improve
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States needed to improve its relationship with China, which he criticized for its economic policies and failure to rein in North Korea.
Second Georgia officer dies after shooting near university
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The second officer shot while responding to a domestic dispute near a university in Georgia died of his injuries on Thursday, school officials said, after the suspect killed himself inside a home where he was barricaded earlier in t…
