Peugeot plans LA car-sharing operation with Bollore: CEO
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s PSA will launch car-sharing services in Los Angeles in partnership with Bollore Group, Chief Executive Carlos Tavares said on Monday, as the maker of Peugeot, Citroen and DS cars diversifies into mobility services.
Marathon Galveston Bay contractor feared drowned: official
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A contractor was feared drowned after falling into the Port of Texas City, Texas, when scaffolding supporting him collapsed at the Marathon Petroleum Corp Galveston Bay refinery dock, a Texas City official said.
Jury selection starts again in Georgia hot-car child death trial
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Jury selection began on Monday for the second time this year in the murder trial of a Georgia man who prosecutors say intentionally left his toddler son to die in a hot car in June 2014 while the father exchanged nude photos with wo…
Islamic State-linked cases in U.S. number 110 since 2013: Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Carlin said on Monday that more than 110 people have been publicly charged in federal court since late 2013 on counts related to the Islamic State militant group that has overrun much of Syria…
Connecticut man pleads guilty to scaling White House fence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Connecticut man pleaded guilty on Monday to climbing over the White House fence on Thanksgiving Day last year draped in a U.S. flag, federal prosecutors said.
U.S. man charged with sexual abuse of Nepali boys amid fears trafficking rising
KATHMANDU (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Police in Nepal have charged an American man of luring boys from villages and taking them to the capital for sex, an official said on Monday, amid concerns that last year’s devastating earthquakes have caused a …
Five children, four adults die in Tennessee house fire
(Reuters) – Five children and four adults were killed early on Monday in a Memphis, Tennessee house fire that was the city’s deadliest in nearly a century, officials said.
Tropical Storm Ian forms southeast of Bermuda: NHC
(Reuters) – Ian, the ninth tropical storm of the season, has formed over the Atlantic and is located about 1,140 miles (1,840 km) southeast of Bermuda, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday.
Miss Arkansas crowned Miss America 2017 in pageant’s 96th year
(Reuters) – Savvy Shields, a college student from Arkansas, won the annual Miss America pageant on Sunday after impressing judges with a jazz dance routine and her answer to a question about her take on presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Gulf states condemn law letting 9/11 families sue Saudi Arabia
DUBAI (Reuters) – The Saudi-dominated Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Monday condemned a law passed by the United States Congress last week that would allow the families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue the kingdom’s government for damages.
