Daimler unit to pay $28.5 million to settle U.S. Clean Air Act claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Detroit Diesel Corp, a unit of automaker Daimler AG, will spend $14.5 million to reduce pollutants and pay a $14 million civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the U.S. Clean Air Act, the Justice Department said on Thursda…
After Wells Fargo, union fund adviser seeks other bank reviews
BOSTON (Reuters) – Union pension fund adviser CtW Investment Group on Thursday called on boards of large U.S. banks to review their employment practices in light of the scandal over fake customer accounts at Wells Fargo & Co, and said it likely would not support the re-election of directors who failed to comply.
Exclusive: Dozens of Afghan troops AWOL from military training in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Forty-four Afghan troops visiting the United States for military training have gone missing in less than two years, presumably in an effort to live and work illegally in America, Pentagon officials said.
Hurricane Matthew death toll rises to 65 in Haiti, total toll 69
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew has killed at least 69 people, the death toll in struggling Haiti alone rising to 65, local officials said, as the storm headed northward on Thursday battering the Bahamas en route to Florida.
NSA contractor charged with stealing secret data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI has arrested a National Security Agency contractor on charges of stealing highly classified information and is investigating possible links to a recent leak of secret hacking tools used to break into the computers of adve…
Replacement Samsung Note 7 phone emits smoke on U.S. plane: family
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – A replacement model of the fire-prone Samsung Note 7 smartphone began smoking inside a U.S. plane on Wednesday, the family that owns it said, prompting fresh investigations by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the F…
Armed occupation leader defends takeover in U.S. federal court
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Rancher Ammon Bundy, who led armed anti-government militants in seizing a U.S. wildlife center earlier this year, told a federal court jury on Wednesday they acted to protest federal control of public lands and to rally local…
Hurricane prompts Americans to flee coast, lay in supplies
MIAMI/CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – People along the southeast U.S. coast fled inland, stocked up on groceries and queued for gasoline on Wednesday as President Barack Obama and state governors urged millions to evacuate or brace for a potentially devas…
Machete-wielding man fatally shot by police on Colorado university campus
DENVER (Reuters) – A machete-wielding man who was menacing people on the University of Colorado’s flagship campus was fatally shot by police officers on Wednesday after he refused commands to drop the weapon, authorities said.
Texas executes man who admitted to neighbors’ 2003 slaying
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas executed a man on Wednesday who pleaded guilty to spraying a neighboring home with gunfire, kicking in the door and killing the married couple who lived there in 2003.
