Ryan has concerns over 9/11 Saudi bill but predicts veto override
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives would override any presidential veto of a bill allowing survivors and families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, Speaker Paul Ryan predicted on Wednesday while also citing c…
Three former New York jail guards arrested over 2013 inmate beating
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three former New York state jail guards were arrested on Wednesday on federal charges that they participated in the 2013 beating of an inmate who suffered life-threatening injuries and had a clump of dreadlocks ripped from his head…
Crime-plagued Chicago to add nearly 1,000 police officers: newspaper
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago’s police department plans to hire nearly 1,000 officers over the next two years in a bid to combat a surge of violence in the third-largest U.S. city including more than 500 murders this year, the Chicago Sun-Times reported …
Wal-Mart pays quarterly bonuses to more store employees
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it paid more than $201 million in second-quarter bonuses to hourly store staff as 99 percent of its stores met targets for cleanliness, faster checkout and better service.
House committee launches review of FDA criminal office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional committee has launched an examination of the Food and Drug Administration’s criminal office, raising questions about the unit’s management and handling of cases involving food, drugs and devices.
New York bomb squad clears suspicious package in Times Square
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s bomb squad responded to a suspicious piece of luggage abandoned on a sidewalk in the Times Square neighborhood on Wednesday that was later determined to be harmless, police said.
‘Chicken shacks’ are lifeline for New Jersey’s Afghan immigrants
ELIZABETH, N.J. (Reuters) – They dot the landscape in this working-class New Jersey city, popping up every few blocks with names like U.S. Fried Chicken, Royal Fried Chicken and New York Fried Chicken and Burger and giving immigrants a foothold in a ne…
Divided U.S. Supreme Court turns to less sensitive IP cases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shorthanded and ideologically divided, the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to take up any cases on politically sensitive social issues in its new term starting in October, instead showing a keen interest in more technical cases of imp…
Protest erupts after police kill black man in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) – Protesters blocked a highway and clashed with police in Charlotte, North Carolina, early on Wednesday morning after officers fatally shot a black man they said had a gun when they approached him in a parking lot.
‘L.A. Confidential’ director Curtis Hanson found dead at California home
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Movie director Curtis Hanson, who won an Oscar for “L.A Confidential”, was found dead in his California home on Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Department said. He was 71.
