New York, New Jersey 10-year transport plan could include rail tunnel
Jersey City, N.J. (Reuters) – The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said for the first time on Thursday its next 10-year capital plan may include $2.7 billion for Amtrak’s Gateway rail tunnel project underneath the Hudson River.
Zimmer Biomet to settle bribery charges with U.S. prosecutors: filing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities will reach a settlement with medical device maker Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc over bribery allegations in the next four weeks, prosecutors said in a court filing Thursday.
Ex-Insys executives arrested for bribing U.S. doctors to prescribe painkiller
(Reuters) – Six former Insys Therapeutics Inc executives and managers were arrested on Thursday on charges they engaged in a nationwide scheme to bribe doctors to unnecessarily prescribe a drug containing the opioid fentanyl, U.S. prosecutors said.
Arkansas Supreme Court blocks birth certificates for same-sex couples
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Birth certificates issued in Arkansas must identify the biological parents even if the child is subsequently adopted by a same-sex couple, a divided state Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
South Carolina jury views grim crime scene photos from 2015 church attack
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A South Carolina jury viewed graphic photos on Thursday of bullet-riddled bodies and cartridge cases left in the wake of the June 2015 attack on an historic black church, after a federal judge denied a mistrial for accused …
U.S. Marine pilot dies after ejecting from plane off Japan
(Reuters) – A U.S. Marine pilot has died after he ejected from his FA-18C+ fighter jet as the aircraft went down off the coast of Japan, the U.S. military said in a statement on Thursday.
NYC shelter ‘clusters’ questioned after homeless toddler deaths
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s use of private apartment buildings to house multiple homeless families came under fire on Thursday, a day after two children living in one of the so-called cluster sites were killed in a radiator accident.
Greens rally in Michigan as courts in three states weigh recounts
LANSING, Mich. (Reuters) – Green Party supporters rallied in freezing temperatures in Michigan’s capital on Thursday and urged its high court to revive a recount of presidential votes in one of three states where the party wants ballots re-examined.
U.S. carriers see 3.5 percent bump in 2016 winter holiday flying
(Reuters) – More than 45 million passengers will take to the skies on U.S. airlines this holiday season, Airlines for America projected on Thursday, up 3.5 percent from holiday travel last year.
U.S. Congress votes to apply Magnitsky human rights act globally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Legislation expanding the 2012 U.S. Magnitsky human rights act from Russian citizens to cover abusers in any country passed the U.S. Senate on Thursday as part of an annual defense policy bill, leaving the landmark measure on the…
