U.S. House slashes proposed spending increases for auto safety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Despite public outrage over deadly auto defects including faulty ignition switches and air bags inflators, the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to slash proposed spending increases for vehicle safety including defe…
Kansas teen eleventh U.S. high school football fatality since July
(Reuters) – A high school football player from western Kansas who collapsed on the sidelines during a playoff game has died, becoming the 11th confirmed U.S. high school football fatality since July, his family and researchers said.
Number of confirmed E. coli cases linked to Chipotle rises to 40
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The number of confirmed E. coli food poisoning cases linked to Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc restaurants in Washington state and Oregon rose to 40 on Thursday, as health safety officials continued searching for the source of the co…
Fewer lawsuits filed against N.Y. police, official says
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Legal claims against the New York City Police Department for misconduct, civil rights violations and injuries fell 11.6 percent from mid-2014 to mid-2015, reversing a decade-long trend that had seen more than a 70 percent rise, a c…
New NSA domestic spy program too clumsy to use: U.S. senator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new, more limited system for monitoring Americans’ phone calls for signs of terrorist intent is so slow and cumbersome that the U.S. National Security Agency will likely never use it, a senior Senate Republican said.
California high school students walk out over racist post probed as hate crime
BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) – Hundreds of high-school students, some chanting “Black Lives Matter,” walked out of school in Berkeley, California, on Thursday and marched to a nearby campus to protest a threatening and racist message left on a school com…
Historic items reported unearthed by record South Carolina rains
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A number of rare and historic artifacts appear to have been unearthed after record rainfall in South Carolina last month, including pottery, boats and a possible mammoth skeleton, archaeologists said on Thursday.
Philadelphia woman sentenced to life for imprisoning disabled
(Reuters) – A Philadelphia woman was sentenced on Thursday to life plus 80 years in prison in a fraud scheme that involved kidnapping and imprisoning mentally disabled people in basements and closets, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Pennsylvania officer acquitted in shooting of suspect lying in snow
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania jury on Thursday acquitted a police officer of all charges in the fatal shooting of a suspect as he lay in the snow, knocked to the ground by her stun gun.
Son of indicted U.S. congressman convicted of fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The son of U.S. Representative Chaka Fattah from Philadelphia was found guilty on Thursday of defrauding banks to obtain business loans he used for personal expenses, including buying jewelry and paying casino gambling debts.
