U.S. regulator says will enforce December 31 deadline for new train safety controls
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Railroad companies that fail to meet a Dec. 31 deadline for installing new safety equipment could face U.S. government penalties, federal regulators told Congress on Tuesday, in the wake of last month’s deadly Amtrak passenger tr…
U.S. meat, wine among Canada’s targets in label fight: minister
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canada is whittling down its list of U.S. products that it may hit with steep tariffs in retaliation against contentious meat-labeling laws, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said on Tuesday.
U.S. may take first step to curb airline emissions this week: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans as soon as Friday to determine whether carbon dioxide from aircraft endangers public health, a first step to regulating emissions from the aviation sector, sources familiar with the …
After three decades on death row, Texas inmate set for execution
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas is set on Wednesday to execute Lester Bower, one of the longest-serving inmates on the state’s death row who says he was wrongly convicted of killing four men in 1983 and has spent three decades trying to halt his capita…
U.S. flights face bomb threats, no explosives found: media reports
(Reuters) – Five bomb threats that turned out to be hoaxes disrupted U.S. domestic and international flights on Tuesday, airline officials and media reports said.
Ex-House speaker Hastert to appear in court June 9
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A federal arraignment was moved to June 9 on Tuesday for former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert, who has been charged with trying to hide $3.5 million in payments he was making to conceal past misconduct.
Exclusive: Detainee alleges CIA sexual abuse, torture beyond Senate findings
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency used a wider array of sexual abuse and other forms of torture than was disclosed in a Senate report last year, according to a Guantanamo Bay detainee turned government cooperating witness.
ACLU, others bid to reopen suit over Baltimore jail conditions
(Reuters) – The Baltimore jail remains filthy and dangerous to inmates despite a court settlement to improve conditions, the American Civil Liberties Union and others said on Tuesday in seeking to reopen a lawsuit against the state of Maryland.
North Carolina Senate overrides governor’s veto of marriage opt-out bill
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – A measure that would allow some public officials in North Carolina to opt out of performing gay marriages moved closer to becoming law on Monday, when lawmakers voted to override Republican Governor Pat McCrory’s veto of the bill.
Machete-waving man shot by police in Boston
BOSTON (Reuters) – A man waving a machete was shot by police in Boston on Tuesday and died of his injuries, police officials said.
