USDA faces backlash over rules it says will help poultry growers
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture proposed rules on Wednesday it said will help protect chicken producers from mistreatment by the small group of meat companies that control most of the country’s production.
CDC issues travel advisory for Brownsville, Texas, over Zika
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a travel advisory on Wednesday warning pregnant women to consider postponing travel to Brownsville, Texas, because of the risk of contracting Zika.
Chicago to pay over $5 million in two police shootings suits
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago will pay around $5.4 million in settlements for two men killed by police officers after the city council voted to approve the payments on Wednesday.
U.S. looks for potential issues linked to falsified French nuclear documents
(Reuters) – U.S. nuclear regulators are investigating whether the suspected falsification of documents at French nuclear power company Areva SA, which supplies components for reactors globally, poses any problems at U.S. nuclear plants.
Obama administration shores up protections for Planned Parenthood
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Obama administration has issued a final rule designed to block states from withholding federal Title X money for Planned Parenthood and other family planning clinics, which have been under threat of defunding because they provid…
Texas ‘affluenza’ teen’s father found guilty of impersonating officer
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The father of the so-called Texas affluenza teen was found guilty on Wednesday by a jury of impersonating a police officer and given probation, prosecutors said.
U.S. senators seek to protect banking for pot business vendors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government should keep banks from cutting off the accounts of vendors who work with state-sanctioned marijuana businesses, 10 U.S. senators said in a letter to the Treasury on Wednesday.
Woman in U.S. church massacre was spared ‘to tell the story,’ she testifies
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A 72-year-old retired nurse recounted for jurors on Wednesday how she cowered under a table while Dylann Roof killed nine of her fellow worshippers at a historic black church but spared her so she could tell the story of wh…
U.S. fines American Airlines $1.6 million for violating tarmac delay rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday fined American Airlines a record-matching $1.6 million for violating a rule that prohibits long tarmac delays.
U.S. top court to weigh limits on where patent lawsuits can be filed
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether to limit where patent lawsuits may be filed, potentially threatening a years-long trend that critics say allows frequent and often-baseless litigants to sue in courts friendly to …
