Fiat Chrysler North American labor chief retires ahead of talks
DETROIT (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said its North American labor chief Al Iacobelli has retired less than two months before company negotiations with the United Auto Workers union.
Pentagon says British lab received live anthrax samples
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Tuesday added Britain to the list of countries that received live anthrax samples from the U.S. military.
Seattle protesters seek to block access to Shell Arctic drilling rig
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A group of protesters gathered at the Port of Seattle on Tuesday seeking to block workers attempting to reach a Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig that could depart this week to resume fossil fuel exploration in the Arctic.
N.Y. court says dog owners cannot be sued over bicycle collisions
(Reuters) – A cyclist who collided with a dog in New York’s Central Park cannot sue its owners, the state’s top court ruled on Tuesday, saying riders should be careful not to cross paths with animals that are a constant public presence.
McDonald’s hires ex-Obama press secretary as communications head
(Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp said it hired Robert Gibbs, U.S. President Barack Obama’s press secretary during his first term, as its chief communications officer.
U.S. health officials seek people who may have contacted TB patient
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A woman with a rare and potentially fatal drug-resistant form of tuberculosis visited Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee this spring, and U.S. and Illinois health officials were working on Tuesday to identify people who may have been …
Vincent Bugliosi, who prosecuted cult leader Charles Manson, dies
(Reuters) – Vincent Bugliosi, who prosecuted cult leader Charles Manson and members of his so-called “family” for seven murders, then turned to writing books that took on everyone from George W. Bush to God, has died aged 80, his son said on Monday.
Top New Hampshire court sides with parking-meter ‘Robin Hooders’
MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) – New Hampshire’s highest court on Tuesday largely sided with a group of activists known as “Robin Hooders,” finding that a city’s efforts to crack down on their practice of feeding strangers’ parking meters violated their fr…
Rapper ‘The Game’ turns self in over fight with off-duty officer
(Reuters) – U.S. rapper “The Game” turned himself in to Los Angeles police on Monday after hitting an off-duty officer during a pickup basketball game earlier this year, a police official said.
U.S. regulator seeks changes to curb speeding passenger trains
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration has recommended passenger railroads take steps to prevent speeding trains following a deadly Amtrak accident in May in which a train derailed in Philadelphia after entering a curve at doub…
