Chipotle shuts U.S. stores for food safety meeting, rivals pounce
(Reuters) – Chipotle Mexican Grill closed all of its U.S. restaurants during prime lunchtime hours on Monday to hold staff meetings on food safety guidelines, sparking offers from rivals eager to poach customers of the burrito chain as it recovers from…
Cruise ship battered by storm to return to New Jersey
(Reuters) – The Royal Caribbean cruise ship Anthem of the Seas headed back to its New Jersey port on Monday after a storm packing high winds and 30-foot (9-meter) waves toppled furniture and shattered glass on the vessel, slightly injuring four people….
Former Texas prosecutor disbarred for sending innocent man to death row
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas legal panel voted on Monday to disbar a former prosecutor for sending an innocent man to death row by presenting tainted testimony and making false statements that undermined the defendant’s alibi.
Parents of Flint, Michigan, toddler sue over lead in water
FLINT, Mich. (Reuters) – The parents of a 2-year-old Flint, Michigan, girl sued the city and state on Monday over high levels of lead in the child’s blood, accusing officials of callous and deliberate indifference over contaminated water.
Police in Texas fatally shoot naked man they say charged at officers
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A police officer in Texas fatally shot a naked man on Monday who charged at officers and had been reported acting aggressively toward people in a neighborhood of Austin, police said.
National Security Agency merging offensive, defensive hacking operations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency on Monday outlined a reorganization that will consolidate its spying and domestic cyber-security operations, despite recommendations by a presidential panel that the agency focus solely on espion…
Winter storm pounds southern New England, snarling travel
BOSTON (Reuters) – A winter storm was expected to bring more than a foot (30 cm) of snow and howling winds to parts of southern New England on Monday, closing schools and government offices, snarling travel and flooding low-lying coastal areas.
New York policeman tearfully describes shooting black man
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A loud, startling sound prompted New York Police Officer Peter Liang to pull the trigger accidentally on his service pistol as he patrolled a pitch-black stairwell, inadvertently shooting dead an unarmed black man, the officer test…
Wisconsin couple, too drunk to drive, give keys to 9-year-old: court
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A Wisconsin couple allowed their 9-year-old daughter to drive them and their 11-month-old baby because they were too drunk to do so themselves, according to Polk County Circuit Court records.
Jailed Oregon occupation leader calls for elected officials’ support
(Reuters) – The jailed leader of the occupation of a U.S. wildlife refuge in Oregon, in a statement released on Monday, called on elected officials from mostly Western states to voice support for free speech and civil disobedience and to visit their co…
