Lawsuit vs Quaker Oats asks: Where’s the maple syrup?
(Reuters) – Quaker Oats Co has been accused in a new lawsuit of fraudulently misleading consumers into believing its Maple & Brown Sugar instant oatmeal contains real maple syrup.
Trump a ‘monster’ spawned by Republicans: Senate Democratic leader
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republicans have only themselves to blame for Donald Trump, a “monster” spawned by their constant partisan opposition to all major Obama administration initiatives, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said on Wednesday.
Winning Democrat nomination needs voter coalition: Clinton campaign
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called support from a broad coalition of voters – including people of color, women and union households – “critical” for anyone hoping to secure the party…
Obama to unveil U.S. Supreme Court nomination soon: Senator Reid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is close to submitting to the U.S. Senate a Supreme Court nomination to fill the vacancy left by the Feb. 13 death of Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said on Wednesday.
Exclusive: Poverty up, services diminished in Chicago’s black neighborhoods – study
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Predominantly African-American neighborhoods in Chicago have seen poverty rise and services diminish even as the nation’s third largest city has become less racially segregated, according to a study released on Wednesday.
Dozens of homes evacuated after train derails in New York
(Reuters) – Dozens of residents in western New York town were evacuated from their homes early on Wednesday after a train carrying hazardous liquid derailed, local officials said.
Former Chesapeake CEO McClendon charged with bid-rigging of land leases
ATLANTA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aubrey McClendon, former chief executive officer of Chesapeake Energy Corp and a legend in the U.S. energy industry, was charged on Tuesday with conspiring to rig bids to buy oil and natural gas leases in Oklahoma, the Ju…
Future of U.S. solar threatened in nationwide fight over incentives
Los Angeles (Reuters) – Two sun-drenched U.S. states have lately come to very different conclusions on a controversial solar power incentive essential to the industry’s growth.
Apple lawyer, FBI director face off in Congress on iPhone encryption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI Director James Comey told a congressional panel on Tuesday that a final court ruling forcing Apple Inc to give the FBI data from an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters would be “potentially precedential” in other cases where the agency might request similar cooperation from technology companies.
U.S. women far more likely than men to be poor in retirement, research shows
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women in the United States are 80 percent more likely than men to fall into poverty once they retire because they earned less than men on the job, took time off for their families and tend to live longer, researc…
