Early Los Angeles-area quakes linked with oil production
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Several damaging Los Angeles-area earthquakes of the 1920s and 1930s, including the deadliest ever in Southern California, may have been induced by oil production during the region’s drilling boom of that era, U.S. government sc…
Development tax breaks cost New York City $3 billion in FY16
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Corporate tax breaks for housing and economic development projects cost New York City $3 billion in fiscal 2016, according to a Reuters’ review of a first-of-its kind report from the city’s chief fiscal officer.
Stanford sex assault victim named a Glamour woman of the year
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Glamour magazine on Tuesday named the woman who was sexually assaulted by a former Stanford University swimmer one of its women of the year.
New Hampshire activist wants to change plea on Nevada standoff -wife
(Reuters) – A prominent conservative activist from New Hampshire wants to withdraw his earlier guilty plea for his role in an armed standoff with federal agents in Nevada in 2014, his wife said on Tuesday.
State of emergency declared for Alabama after Colonial pipeline incident
(Reuters) – Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday declared a state of emergency for the state due to an explosion and fire involving Colonial Pipeline Co [COLPI.UL] in Shelby County on Monday.
Texas woman sues over injuries she says caused by Takata airbag
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – A Texas woman has sued American Honda Motor Co, Inc. and the U.S. subsidiary of airbag maker Takata Corporation for at least $1 million, claiming she was badly injured when the ammonium nitrate propellant in her car exploded in …
Ex-cop’s lawyer insists Cincinnati college shooting was self defense
CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Opening arguments in the trial of a former University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murdering a black Ohio man during a traffic stop focused Tuesday on whether the victim tried to flee from police, putting the officer…
U.S. top court skeptical toward State Farm hurricane fraud appeal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared unlikely to throw out a jury verdict against State Farm that found the insurance company defrauded the U.S. government when it assessed damage caused by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf of Me…
U.S. issues travel advisory for India amid fears of Islamic State attacks
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in New Delhi issued a security message to American citizens in India on Tuesday to be vigilant following reports that Islamic State may be planning to attack targets there.
R.J. Reynolds loses bid to end TV anti-smoking ad requirement
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected R.J. Reynolds’ bid to void a decade-old order requiring tobacco companies to televise “corrective” advertisements about the dangers of smoking.
