Hedge fund Marcato takes Buffalo Wild Wings fight to franchisees
BOSTON (Reuters) – Hedge fund manager Mick McGuire on Tuesday took his fight for change at casual restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings directly to franchise owners, saying they could have better access to innovations and grow more if his ideas were appl…
Death toll rises to 36 from California warehouse inferno
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – The death toll rose to 36 on Monday from a blaze that engulfed a converted warehouse during a dance party in Oakland, California, the greatest loss of life from a U.S. fire in over a decade, as searchers sifted charred ruins…
Security raised at L.A. rail line after threat warning from foreign country
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Federal and Los Angeles officials said on Monday they had been alerted by authorities in another country to a “specific” threat against the city’s Red Line commuter rail system, prompting them to beef up security and alert the p…
California prepares to fight Trump on immigration, other issues
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Democrat-controlled California are already laying the groundwork to fight President-elect Donald Trump’s conservative populist agenda.
Judge declares mistrial in ex-South Carolina policeman’s murder trial
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial on Monday after jurors weighing a murder charge against a white former South Carolina police officer who shot and killed a black motorist said they were deadlocked.
Sioux chief asks protesters to disband, Trump to review pipeline decision
CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) – A Native American leader asked thousands of protesters to return home after the federal government ruled against a controversial pipeline, despite the prospect of President-elect Donald Trump reversing the decision after h…
Pentagon buried study that found $125 billion in wasteful spending: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Defense Department study that proposed cutting $125 billion in administrative waste from the Pentagon budget was buried amid concerns the findings would give Congress an excuse to further slash defense spending, the Washington …
Cosby’s testimony can be used against him at criminal trial: judge
(Reuters) – Comedian Bill Cosby has lost a bid to keep Pennsylvania prosecutors from using his own words against him at his criminal sexual assault trial, currently scheduled to begin no later than June.
Prosecutor in accused New York bomber’s case discloses probe of others
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. authorities are investigating other domestic suspects in a probe that involves evidence to be used in the case against the man accused of injuring more than two dozen people in September bomb attacks in New York and New Jersey…
Suspect in Washington pizzeria shooting wanted to save kids: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man charged with firing an assault rifle in a packed Washington pizzeria on Sunday told police he had read online that children were being held as sex slaves there and he wanted to rescue them, police said on Monday.
