Opponents say Massachusetts pot initiative text is hazy on food
BOSTON (Reuters) – A ballot initiative that would allow Massachusetts voters to legalize recreational marijuana use is fatally flawed because it does not explicitly say it would also legalize the sale of food containing the drug, opponents argued on We…
Two South Carolina Air National Guard pilots survive mid-air crash
(Reuters) – Two South Carolina Air National Guard fighter pilots ejected safely from their jets after they collided over eastern Georgia while performing routine night operations, the National Guard said on Wednesday.
VW receives regulatory approval for fixes on 1.1 million cars
BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen said on Wednesday it received regulatory approval to fix another 1.1 million cars, raising the number of VW models cleared for refitting to more than 2.5 million since the start of the year.
Blue Angels cancels two air show appearances after Tennessee crash death
(Reuters) – The Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron has canceled appearances at two upcoming shows in Ohio and New York days after one of its pilots was killed in a crash, the Navy said.
UCLA to launch task force and investigation into campus shooting
(Reuters) – A week after a gunman shot and killed a UCLA professor and then himself, the university has begun a security analysis of its campus and will launch a task force to ensure that lessons learned from the incident will be acted upon, a spokesma…
U.S. judge probes Uber over allegations of fraud in antitrust case
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber must hand over documents to a New York judge probing whether private investigators hired by the ride-hailing company fraudulently sought information about its opponents in an antitrust case, according to a court ruling on…
U.S. airport security improves since screening lapses: DHS
(Reuters) – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is working to improve airport screening after major lapses last year, a U.S. government investigator said on Tuesday, adding that the agency has embraced oversight.
Murder convictions overturned in case of Michigan man who confessed when 14
(Reuters) – A Michigan court threw out the convictions and sentence of a man who was 14 when he pleaded guilty to a 2007 quadruple homicide in Detroit that a professional hit man later confessed to committing, prosecutors and defense attorneys said on …
Ohio State disciplines 85 veterinary students for cheating
(Reuters) – Eighty-five students have been disciplined for cheating on quizzes and tests at Ohio State University veterinary school, the university said on Tuesday.
November trial set in U.S. case against accused Charleston church shooter
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday set a Nov. 7 date for the federal trial of the white man accused of killing nine black parishioners in a racially motivated attack at a church in Charleston a year ago.
