Centenary Copa America tournament in U.S. in 2016 in doubt
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A 16-team soccer tournament to be played in the United States next year to celebrate 100 years of South America’s Copa America has been cast into doubt by the arrest of top FIFA officials on multi-million dollar bribery charges…
Homeland security chief reassigns top TSA official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Monday he reassigned the acting administrator for the Transportation Security Administration after earlier ordering improved security at U.S. airports.
White House seeks to fight antibiotic overuse
(Reuters) – The U.S. government will hold a forum on Tuesday to help find ways to ensure the responsible use of antibiotics, whose overuse is creating drug-resistant “superbugs” that pose a serious risk to public health.
Nestle USA to remove artificial flavors, cut salt in some foods
(Reuters) – Nestle USA said on Tuesday it would remove artificial flavors and reduce salt by 10 percent in its frozen pizza and snack products by the end of this year.
Lightning kills teenager, injures two in West Virginia
(Reuters) – One West Virginia teenager was killed and two others injured by a lightning strike near a pond where they were fishing on Monday, officials said.
Native American student sues school district over right to wear feather
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A Native American student took a California school district to court on Monday after his high school banned him from wearing an eagle feather on his graduation cap, a civil rights group said.
U.S. safety officials to testify to Congress on Amtrak crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Human error remains a strong focus of the inquiry into the Philadelphia Amtrak crash, but federal investigators are still digging for answers, aides said ahead of the first hearing in the U.S. Congress on last month’s deadly acci…
Arizona mosque, site of anti-Islam protest, holds ‘love not hate’ event
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona mosque where hundreds gathered last week for an anti-Islam demonstration, with counter-protesters shouting “Go home, Nazis,” was the site of a “love not hate” event on Monday to promote peace and inclusiveness, participan…
Trial for Los Angeles officer accused of kicking woman who died nears end
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Attorneys offered closing arguments on Monday in the case of a white Los Angeles police officer accused of assaulting a black woman who died shortly after saying “I can’t breathe” while being restrained in the back of a patrol c…
New prosecutor for retrial of deli worker in New York boy’s murder
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The lead prosecutor in the Etan Patz murder trial, which ended in a mistrial with a hung jury last month, has stepped down to run for office and a new prosecutor will retry the case, local media reported on Monday.
