Obama to take his family to Carlsbad Caverns, Yosemite next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will have the chance to see the stalactites and bats of Carlsbad Caverns and the giant sequoias in Yosemite next weekend when he takes his family to two famous U.S. national parks.
Ohio band dropped from festival after member defends ex-Stanford swimmer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An all-female independent Ohio band has been dropped from a New York music festival and other venues after its drummer wrote a character letter supporting a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an …
Twenty-one U.S. states sue Delaware over unclaimed checks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty-one U.S. states led by Texas and Arkansas on Thursday announced a lawsuit against Delaware, accusing it of violating federal law by snatching up to $400 million in unclaimed checks that should have gone to other states.
U.S. pilot examiners get more mental health training after Germanwings crash
(Reuters) – Medical examiners who evaluate airline pilots have received more training in detecting mental health problems, U.S. regulators said on Thursday, after reviewing procedures in the wake of last year’s deadly Germanwings crash caused by a co-p…
No constitutional right to concealed guns: U.S. appeals court
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Firearm owners have no constitutional right to carry a concealed gun in public, a divided U.S. appeals court in California ruled on Thursday, upholding the right of officials to only grant permits to those facing a specific dang…
Drivers sue Uber, Lyft over exit from Austin, Texas
(Reuters) – Former Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc drivers in Austin, Texas, on Thursday accused the ride-hailing companies of breaking a federal law by abruptly halting operations in the city after voters backed a measure requiring them to fingerp…
FDA too slow to order food recalls, U.S. watchdog finds
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Food and Drug Administration is too slow to order companies to recall tainted foods, leaving people at risk of illness and death, a government watchdog said in a review of the agency’s food safety program.
Baltimore cop caused fatal Freddie Gray injury: prosecutor
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A Baltimore police officer fatally injured black detainee Freddie Gray by giving him a “rough ride” in a transport van, a prosecutor said on Thursday in opening statements of the murder trial of a third officer in Gray’s death.
Two ex-U.S. drug enforcement employees convicted over strip club ties
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two long-time employees of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration were convicted on Thursday of charges that they lied about their operation of a New Jersey strip club during national security background checks.
Michigan lawmakers approve Detroit school rescue package
(Reuters) – Legislation approved by Michigan lawmakers on Thursday to bail out the Detroit Public Schools (DPS) will keep the district operating, but falls short on funding to fix its crumbling buildings, according to school officials.
