Bayer rejects EPA request to pull insecticide from U.S. market
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The agricultural unit of German chemicals company Bayer AG said on Friday it will fight a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) request to pull one of its insecticides from the marketplace amid concerns that it could harm organ…
U.S. Air Force says plans test F-35 deployment this month
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force will deploy four Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets to a different U.S. air base this month as it assesses whether the new warplane can be declared combat-ready by August as planned, a se…
Super Bowl home rental prices not meeting stratospheric hopes
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Some San Francisco Bay Area residents hoping to rent their homes for thousands of dollars a night to deep-pocketed Super Bowl attendees are finding themselves short of the goal line.
New Jersey man arrested after drone crashes into Empire State Building
(Reuters) – A New Jersey man was arrested on Thursday after a drone he was flying crashed into the 40th floor of the Empire State Building in New York City, police said.
Pentagon chief pledges $1 billion boost for U.S. Air Force training
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (Reuters) – The Pentagon’s fiscal 2017 budget will propose a $1 billion boost in spending on advanced training for the U.S. Air Force over the next five years, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Thursday.
Suspended U.N. diplomat lacks immunity from U.S. bribe case: judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A suspended deputy United Nations ambassador from the Dominican Republic cannot claim diplomatic immunity to avoid U.S. charges that he participated in a vast bribery scheme, a U.S. judge ruled on Thursday.
Unreliable phone data helped convict Maryland man in ‘Serial’ case: expert
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – The murder conviction of a Baltimore man that was explored by the 2014 podcast “Serial” was based in part on unreliable cellphone data, a forensic expert testified at a court hearing on Thursday.
Deadline to claim $63 million California lotto prize passes
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A deadline to claim a $63 million lottery prize from a ticket sold last year in Southern California passed on Thursday evening without anyone stepping forward with a valid slip, officials said, although a man has sued saying h…
NYC mayor proposes retirement plan, light-rail system in speech
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a retirement plan for private-sector workers and a new light rail system in his State of the City speech on Thursday, while indicating that social inequality was decreasing under his administr…
Michigan emails show officials knew of Flint water disease risk
(Reuters) – Emails between high-ranking Michigan state officials show they knew about an uptick in Legionnaires’ disease and it could be linked to problems with Flint water long before Governor Rick Snyder said he got information on the outbreak.
