FAA expects to clear U.S. commercial drones within a year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. commercial drone operations could take flight on a large scale by this time next year, as federal regulators finalize rules allowing widespread unmanned aerial system use by companies, according to congressional testimony on…
Atlantic City casino workers plan protest over benefit cuts
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Reuters) – The largest union representing workers at Atlantic City, New Jersey’s hard-hit casinos plan to rally outside the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort on Wednesday to protests a bankruptcy court-approved cut to benefits for some…
Obama continues to have confidence in OPM director after breach: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama continues to have confidence in Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta despite recent cyber data breaches at the agency, the White House said on Wednesday.
HIV epidemic waning in southern Indiana county: officials
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) – The number of new HIV cases in a rural southern Indiana county that has been the site of a recent epidemic has fallen dramatically, public health officials said on Wednesday.
Female prison worker, New York escapees plotted husband’s murder: prosecutor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The female prison worker in custody for helping two New York inmates escape had discussed with the convicts a murder-for-hire plot targeting her husband, Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie said on Wednesday.
Washington subway has serious safety shortfalls, regulators say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington’s troubled subway system suffers from serious safety lapses and needs to improve immediately, the Federal Transit Administration said on Wednesday, six months after a tunnel fire in the U.S. capital killed one person.
U.S. postal workers turn Scrooge, poor kids lose: authorities
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal authorities have accused three U.S. postal workers of being Scrooges, by writing fake letters to Santa Claus to get Christmas gifts meant for poor children.
NY auto dealers to pay $14 million for selling illegal services
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three New York auto dealers have agreed to pay nearly $14 million to customers who were unlawfully sold credit repair, identity theft protection and other services along with their vehicles, state officials said on Wednesday.
Massachusetts murderer’s lawyers seek move for death-penalty retrial
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday indicated that the upcoming death-penalty trial for an admitted triple murderer will likely remain in Massachusetts, despite defense lawyers’ arguments it will be impossible to seat an impartial…
Mother whose son dropped into Ohio zoo cheetah pen gets probation
(Reuters) – An Ohio judge on Wednesday sentenced a woman who dropped her 2-year-old son into a cheetah exhibit at the Cleveland zoo in April to one year of probation.
