Lawyers file $220 million damage claim against EPA in Flint water crisis
(Reuters) – Lawyers for residents of Flint, Michigan, have filed a $220.2 million damages claim alleging negligence on the part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contributed to dangerous lead levels in the city’s water supply.
Dallas grand jury indicts football’s Manziel for domestic violence
DALLAS (Reuters) – Former U.S. football star Johnny Manziel was charged on Tuesday with hitting his former girlfriend, the latest in a string of setbacks for a quarterback whose erratic play and partying prompted the Cleveland Browns to cut him from th…
Ford will invest $1.6 billion in two U.S. factories
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co will invest $1.6 billion in two U.S. factories to start making a new automatic transmission and expand output of certain commercial trucks, the company said on Tuesday.
Former Epix executive arrested for $8 million fraud at network
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The former chief digital officer of the Epix cable television network was arrested on Tuesday on charges that he defrauded it of more than $8 million.
Battle over N.C. transgender law intensifies as lawmakers reconvene
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – Thousands of people flocked to North Carolina’s capital on Monday to show both support and disdain for a law that has thrust the state into the international spotlight over its restrictions on transgender bathroom access and g…
Union says Volkswagen staff won’t pay price for Dieselgate in wage talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen has no right to use the crisis over its emissions test cheating to deny workers a reasonable wage increase, the IG Metall union said, reiterating its call for a 5 percent pay hike for about 120,000 VW staff in western Ger…
Exclusive: U.S. agencies split over fingerprinting parents of child immigrants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. immigration enforcement officers are proposing that fingerprints be taken from all people claiming custody of children who have entered the United States illegally without an adult relative, a measure that opponents said cou…
Baltimore votes in mayoral primary a year after Freddie Gray unrest
(Reuters) – Baltimore voters cast ballots in the Democratic nominating contest for mayor on Tuesday, with a Maryland state senator leading a crowded field a year after rioting sparked by a black man’s death in police custody.
Federal judge upholds voter ID law in North Carolina
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – A federal judge upheld a North Carolina law on Monday that requires voters to show certain forms of photo identification at the polls, in a key victory for Republicans in a presidential election year who say the law is n…
U.S. habitat protections denied for endangered bat species
(Reuters) – U.S. wildlife officials have decided against setting aside protected habitat for the cave dwellings of an imperiled species of bats, saying that doing so might draw the attention of vandals who would do harm to the lairs of the winged mamma…
