California lawmaker to float zero emissions vehicle bill
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A California lawmaker next week will introduce a bill requiring 15 percent of all vehicles sold in the state to be emissions-free by 2025, her spokeswoman said on Friday.
Judge rejects Ohio law to cut Planned Parenthood funds over abortion
(Reuters) – A judge on Friday prevented Ohio from cutting federal taxpayer funding from 28 Planned Parenthood clinics, setting back the governor’s hopes of stopping the women’s health services group from providing abortions.
Couple fatally struck by lightning in New York cemetery: media
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A couple in their 30s were struck and killed by lightning while “hanging out” at a historic cemetery in western New York state, according to a media report on Friday.
Sandusky asserts innocence at hearing on bid for new trial
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (Reuters) – Jerry Sandusky, the former football coach convicted in 2012 of molesting 10 boys, took the stand for the first time in his own defense on Friday, forcefully denying he had abused anyone, as a hearing on his bid for a new trial in Pennsylvania got underway.
Muslim woman sues Chicago over arrest, stripping off of head garment
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A Muslim woman has sued six Chicago police officers alleging abuse and harassment after she was arrested as she entered a train station on July 4, 2015, stripped of her head garment and jailed overnight, a Muslim civil rights group …
Fourth worker in a year dies at Virginia Goodyear plant
(Reuters) – A worker died at a Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant at Danville, Virginia, on Friday, the fourth fatality in a year at the site, state officials said.
United flight attendants approve first joint contract
(Reuters) – Flight attendants at United Continental Holdings Inc voted to approve a contract that will hike wages between 18 percent and 31 percent this September, their union said on Friday.
Firefighters make leap to smokejumping
WINTHROP, Wash. (Reuters) – On a 100-degree day in early June, Matt Mueller did sit-ups in a semicircle with seven other experienced firefighters training to parachute into a wildfire.
JetBlue says 24 injured as flight hits heavy turbulence
(Reuters) – JetBlue Airways Corp said 22 passengers and two crew members were injured when its flight from Boston to Sacramento, California ran into heavy turbulence on Thursday.
Motiva Convent refinery HCU surrounded by high water: sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) – The fire-damaged hydrocracking unit at Motiva Enterprises’ [MOTIV.UL] 235,000 barrel per day (bpd) Convent, Louisiana, refinery was surrounded by high water on Friday from heavy rains overnight, sources familiar with plant operation…
