Obama bans new oil, gas drilling off Alaska, part of Atlantic coast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday banned new oil and gas drilling in federal waters in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, in a push to leave his stamp on the environment before Republican Donald Trump takes office next month.
Ford shutting Kansas City plant for a week, GM lays off shift in Detroit
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co will close its Kansas City, Missouri pickup truck and van plant for a week in early January to match production and demand, the automaker said on Tuesday.
Obama plans up to 18 more Guantanamo prisoner transfers before leaving office: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama plans to transfer as many as 18 more prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay military prison before leaving office, a source close to the matter said, further shrinking the inmate population but still far short o…
Accused bomber Rahimi pleads not guilty to New Jersey charges
ELIZABETH, N.J. (Reuters) – An Afghan-born U.S. citizen accused of planting bombs in New York and New Jersey pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to New Jersey state charges, including attempted murder of police officers wounded in a shootout upon his arrest….
Former Flint emergency managers, others charged in water crisis
FLINT, Mich. (Reuters) – Michigan prosecutors on Tuesday charged four former government officials in Flint, including two city emergency managers, with conspiring to violate safety rules in connection with the city’s water crisis that exposed residents…
U.S. probes 1 million Fiat Chrysler vehicles for roll-away crashes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. vehicle safety officials said on Tuesday they have launched an investigation into about a million Fiat Chrysler Ram pickup trucks and SUVs prompted by complaints by some owners that the vehicles rolled away and crashed after…
Stakes high as North Carolina considers repealing ‘bathroom law’
(Reuters) – For months, a drum beat of economic losses for North Carolina has underscored fallout from a state law limiting bathroom access for transgender people that critics denounced as discriminatory.
‘The Jinx’ finale motivated quick arrest of murder suspect Durst: prosecutors
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Authorities moved quickly to arrest wealthy real estate scion Robert Durst last year because they feared he would flee after his confession to multiple killings was aired in the chilling HBO documentary “The Jinx,” Los Angeles p…
U.S. state, local government tax revenues up 2.2 percent to $294.2 billion in third quarter
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. state and local government tax revenues increased to $294.2 billion in the third quarter of 2016, a 2.2 percent increase versus the same period a year ago, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau published on Tuesda…
Arizona agrees to drop use of contested sedative in executions
(Reuters) – Arizona has reached an agreement with lawyers for death row inmates that would prohibit a sedative that has been used in executions by lethal injection that took longer than usual or were botched in several states.
