Uber says will ask appeals court for stay in driver class-action
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] said on Wednesday that it would ask the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to put on hold all proceedings, including a trial, in a class-action lawsuit filed by its drivers over their employmen…
U.S. says eighth U.S. death linked to Takata airbag rupture
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday that an eighth U.S. death is linked to a faulty Takata airbag inflator, marking the first reported death since April and the ninth worldwide.
Competency evaluation ordered for accused Planned Parenthood gunman
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – The man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others in a Nov. 27 shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado was ordered on Wednesday to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after he insisted…
Bankrupt San Bernardino spars with creditors over police spending
(Reuters) – The bankrupt California city of San Bernardino won praise from bondholders on Wednesday for its handling earlier this month of the massacre that killed 14 people, but at the first significant court hearing since the attack, creditors questi…
Death of Florida woman probed after her removal from hospital
TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – The death of a black woman who was forcibly removed by a police officer from a Florida hospital where she had sought treatment is under investigation by state and local authorities, the chief of police in Blountstown, Florida, s…
Black Lives Matter holds ‘Black Xmas’ protests in Minnesota, California
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Reuters) – Black Lives Matter held demonstrations in Minnesota and California on Wednesday to protest police killings of unarmed blacks, dubbing the day “Black Xmas” to show it could affect the economy on one of the busiest shopping…
Competency evaluation ordered for accused Planned Parenthood gunman
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – The man accused of killing three people and wounding nine others in a Nov. 27 shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado was ordered on Wednesday to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after he insisted…
Pennsylvania man pleads not guilty to supporting Islamic State
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A 19-year-old Pennsylvania man on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges of supporting Islamic State by trying to help others travel to the Middle East where the militant group is engaging in ground combat.
Identities revealed for all six U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan attack
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A female Air Force officer who was one of the first openly gay U.S. service members to get married was identified on Tuesday as one of the six U.S. troops killed by a suicide bomber near Bagram air base in Afghanistan.
U.S. plans to ship some plutonium to New Mexico facility
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – The U.S. government plans to designate six metric tons of surplus plutonium now stored in South Carolina as waste and ship it to a storage facility in New Mexico, according to a preliminary notice filed on a feder…
