In Alabama, 100,000 people told not to drink water due to contamination
(Reuters) – A water provider in northern Alabama warned more than 100,000 customers on Thursday not to drink or cook with tap water, saying it could be contaminated with potentially dangerous levels of a chemical that federal health officials have link…
Civil liberties group challenges Alabama abortion restrictions
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union challenged in federal court in Alabama on Thursday new state abortion restrictions that limit the proximity of clinics to public schools and ban a procedure used to terminate pregnancies in the second trim…
U.S. charges Harvard grad over alleged Ponzi-like currency scam
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Harvard University graduate has been criminally charged with fraudulently causing almost $20 million of losses for clients after falsely touting her currency trading prowess and using new money to make Ponzi-like payments to earl…
Arizona mother kills three young sons, stabs self
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A 29-year-old woman stabbed to death and partially dismembered her three young sons before seriously wounding herself inside a north Phoenix home where she lived, police said on Thursday.
Michigan will still give water to Flint after emergency ends
(Reuters) – Michigan will give supplies of water to Flint residents even after a federal emergency declaration over lead in drinking water expires on August 14, a state official said on Thursday.
Judge to appoint special prosecutor in Chicago cop’s murder trial
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A judge will appoint a special prosecutor in the trial of a white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of a black teenager, a spokeswoman for the officer’s lawyer said on Thursday.
Guantanamo inmate testifies about torment by U.S. guards
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – A Guantanamo Bay detainee took the witness stand on Thursday to back up claims by a suspected Sept. 11 plotter who said guards at the U.S. prison used noises and vibrations to torment him.
GM, regulators clash over latest Takata air bag recall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The push by U.S. auto safety regulators to replace potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators in millions of vehicles is running into resistance from General Motors Co, documents released on Thursday show.
British Airways flight searched in U.S. after threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Air safety teams searched a British Airways jetliner upon landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday due to what officials called an unspecified security threat to a flight from London.
British Airways flight searched in U.S. after threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Air safety teams searched a British Airways jetliner upon landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Thursday due to what officials called an unspecified security threat to a flight from London.
