Settlement reached in Texas over ‘Fifty Shades’ royalty fight
FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas woman who claimed she was cheated out of royalty money from the erotic “Fifty Shades of Grey” novels has reached a settlement with her former business partner, bringing an end to their lengthy legal battle, their l…
U.S. Air Force grounds F-35 fighters over cooling line problems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force has grounded 13 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35A Lightning II aircraft after discovering peeling and crumbling insulation in avionics cooling lines inside the fuel tanks, an Air Force spokeswoman said on Friday.
Rats vanquished but smell lingers at Arkansas governor’s mansion
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Rats have been evicted from the Arkansas governor’s mansion but the lingering effects of a rodent infestation, including noxious odors, require its study to be demolished and rebuilt, officials said this week.
California governor signs epinephrine bill, blasts Mylan
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed a bill to allow businesses across the state to carry epinephrine auto-injectors, but sharply admonished drugmaker Mylan NL over its recent price increases.
VP Biden gives new push on ‘Cancer Moonshot’ clinical trials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden on Friday announced new measures to help cancer patients navigate the clinical trials process as part of the administration’s “Cancer Moonshot” initiative to speed new treatments to market.
In Pennsylvania Senate race, unfamiliar battle lines on gun rights
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – As he seeks re-election to his U.S. Senate seat this November, Pennsylvania’s Pat Toomey can make an unusual claim. He is the sole Republican nationwide running with the endorsement of top U.S. gun control advocates Gabby Giffo…
Dressed in white, thousands attend Parisian-inspired picnic in New York
(Reuters) – An estimated 5,000 people, dressed in all white, showed up at a Parisian-inspired picnic in lower Manhattan’s Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park on Thursday evening wearing masks and Marie Antoinette wigs.
Texas mattress store to reopen after 9/11 ad ignites criticism
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas mattress store that shut its doors after being pilloried for a social media ad where staff used bedding to stage a mock collapse of New York City’s Twin Towers to promote a Sept. 11 sale has decided to reopen.
Polling places become battleground in U.S. voting rights fight
LINCOLN PARK, Ga. (Reuters) – Louis Brooks, 87, has walked to cast a vote at his neighborhood polling place in Georgia’s predominantly black Lincoln Park neighborhood for five decades. But not this year.
NYC police commissioner touts falling crime on his way out
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton sought on Friday to counter fears that lawlessness is on the rise in the largest U.S. city, writing in his resignation letter that crime has continued to fall this year.
