U.S. fines Fiat Chrysler $70 million over safety reporting lapses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Transportation said on Thursday it fined Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV $70 million for failing to report vehicle crash deaths and injuries since 2003.
Chipotle shares jump as CEO apologizes over illnesses, vows change
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Shares of Chipotle jumped more than 5 percent on Thursday after its founder apologized to patrons who fell ill after eating at the company’s restaurants and pledged that strict new food-safety practices would prevent future outbr…
Ex-director of former Subway pitchman’s foundation to plead guilty
(Reuters) – The ex-director of the foundation started by former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle is scheduled to plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Indiana on Thursday to charges of child sexual exploitation and child pornography.
The neighbor at the center of a federal terror investigation
CORONA, Calif. (Reuters) – In the days since his high school friend and former neighbor Syed Riswan Farook carried out a deadly attack in Southern California, Enrique Marquez has been thrust to the center of a massive federal terror investigation.
Boston subway train leaves station with passengers, no driver
BOSTON (Reuters) – A Boston commuter train left its station on Thursday morning with passengers on board but no driver, traveling one stop toward downtown before transit officials deactivated it.
Two dead, thousands without power after U.S. Pacific Northwest storms
PORTLAND, Ore./SEATTLE (Reuters) – Drenching storms triggered mudslides and flooding in the Pacific northwest on Wednesday, knocking out power to thousands of people and leaving two women dead in Oregon, authorities and local media reported.
Majority of U.S. millennials support troops to fight ISIS: poll
BOSTON (Reuters) – A majority of U.S. young adults support sending ground troops to fight Islamic State militants, though fewer than one in five would be willing to serve themselves, according to a Harvard University poll released on Thursday.
U.S. top court divided over affirmative action in college admissions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative justices expressed deep doubt on Wednesday about a university student admissions policy that gives preferences to racial minorities during a testy U.S. Supreme Court session in a case that could decide the fate of pr…
Six-year-old Kentucky boy gets ‘bionic’ hand courtesy of 3-D printing technology
LOUISVILLE (Reuters) – A 6-year-old Kentucky boy born with a malformed right hand because of a rare disorder has received what he called his best Christmas gift ever – a “bionic” prosthetic made from 3-D printing technology.
Suspect in deadly Planned Parenthood attack declares self guilty
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – The man accused of shooting three people to death and wounding nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last month declared himself guilty and a “warrior for the babies” during an outburst in court on W…
