U.S readies emergency oil train safety measures: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department is completing work on a package of measures to control oil train dangers before the Obama administration finalizes a national safety plan expected by May, an official with knowledge of the plans…
Arkansas, Indiana enact fixes to measures seen as targeting gays
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – Indiana and Arkansas revised on Thursday new religious freedom acts that had drawn criticism from rights groups and U.S. companies that assailed them as discriminatory against gays.
U.S. jury awards $150 million for Jeep fuel-tank fire death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. jury in Georgia on Thursday awarded $150 million to a family that sued Chrysler Group LLC for the 2012 death of their 4-year-old in a fiery crash involving a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a rear fuel tank.
Kansas will allow concealed carry of guns without a permit
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) – Kansas residents will be allowed to carry concealed weapons in the state without training or a permit starting in July under a bill signed into law on Thursday by Governor Sam Brownback.
Oregon lawmakers consider banning plastic beads in cosmetics
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill to ban tiny plastic beads that show up in everything from toothpaste to facial scrubs and end up in waterways, harming fish that mistake them for food, environmentalists and lawmakers s…
Pennsylvania woman who helped husband rape daughter sent to prison
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – A Pennsylvania woman convicted of helping her husband rape her teenaged daughter in an effort to conceive a baby that the woman could raise as her own was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison on Thursday, her lawyer said.
McDonald’s wage plan renews debate on independence of franchisees
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp’s announcement that it will raise the average pay at its company-operated U.S. restaurants threatens to complicate an ongoing labor dispute that turns on whether McDonald’s can be held responsible for th…
Judge to approve latest deal to buy Atlantic City’s Revel Casino
(Reuters) – A federal bankruptcy judge in New Jersey on Thursday said she would approve an $82 million sale of Atlantic City’s Revel Casino Hotel to Florida developer Glenn Straub.
Florida driver aged 92 blamed for deaths of three roadside workers
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A 92-year-old driver caused a chain reaction on a Florida highway on Thursday that killed three electric utility workers digging a trench on the side of the road, the highway patrol said.
Accused New York murderer thought confessing would set him free: video
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A jury hearing the case of a former grocery worker accused of killing a missing New York boy in 1979 on Thursday watched him on video saying he had felt pressured by police questioning and thought if he confessed, he would be allow…
