On JFK anniversary, Zapruder relative says assassination film hovers over family
DALLAS (Reuters) – Alexandra Zapruder was not born when her grandfather trained his home-movie camera on President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade rolling through downtown Dallas 53 years ago on Tuesday, but that 26-second film has become a difficult family legacy.
U.S. probes Seaboard Corp for links to people on terror list: WSJ
(Reuters) – The Department of Justice is investigating Seaboard Corp. about whether the food processing giant did business with people and a company on the U.S. government’s designated-terrorist list, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Pilots strike at cargo airline serving Amazon, DHL as holidays near
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Pilots at ABX Air, an express cargo airline that serves online retailer Amazon.com Inc and DHL Express, went on strike on Tuesday, a critical time for retailers with the holiday shopping season about to kick into high gear.
U.S. sues New Jersey town for rejecting proposed mosque out of bias
(Reuters) – The U.S. government sued a New Jersey town on Tuesday, saying that it discriminated against Muslims when it rejected an Islamic group’s plan to build a mosque there.
Driver in deadly Tennessee school bus crash accused of speeding
(Reuters) – The driver charged with homicide in a Tennessee elementary school bus crash that killed five children and critically injured six others appeared to be speeding in the moments leading up to the wreck, police said.
Archived letter shows Trump’s grandfather asked to return to Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – German archivists have found a letter written by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s grandfather, asking to be allowed to return to his German homeland after his wife failed to settle in to life in the United States.
Florida lifts Zika transmission zone in parts of Miami Beach
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Florida officials removed part of Miami Beach from an active Zika transmission zone on Tuesday, saying more than 45 days had passed since the last local case of the mosquito-borne virus that has been linked to microcephaly, a ra…
Ex-Cuomo aide, others indicted in New York bribery case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former top aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is among eight men who have been indicted in a bribery and fraud case tied to efforts to spur the upstate economy, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.
U.S. Steel to pay $2.2 million to settle pollution suit: Justice Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Steel Corp. has agreed to reduce pollution at three plants in the Midwest and pay a $2.2 million civil penalty to resolve a Clean Air Act lawsuit by the federal government and three states, the U.S. Justice Department said o…
Obama grants 79 prison sentence commutations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama reduced the sentences of another 79 federal prisoners by exercising his commutation power, the White House said on Tuesday, bringing to more than 1,000 the number of prisoners whose sentences were commuted …
