U.S. floats conservation measures for threatened bull trout
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed actions on Tuesday to bolster the bull trout, a native fish found in pristine, cold-water streams and some lakes in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
No more trainer rides for Lolita the Miami killer whale
MIAMI (Reuters) – In order to meet federal safety regulations, trainers at the Miami Seaquarium will no longer perform rides with Lolita, the resident killer whale, following a federal safety investigation, the South Florida tourist attraction has anno…
Wal-Mart to raise wages for 100,000 U.S. workers in some departments
(Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it would raise minimum wages for over 100,000 U.S. employees including some department managers and deli workers, its second wage hike this year.
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.
