Tyson Foods plans to cut human antibiotics in U.S. chicken flocks by 2017
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Tyson Foods Inc, the largest U.S. poultry producer, plans to eliminate the use of human antibiotics in its chicken flocks by September 2017 – one of the most aggressive timelines yet set by an American poultry company.
Nevada’s Attorney General charges Bitcoin-fueled poker website -newspaper
(Reuters) – Nevada’s Attorney General has charged the operator of an online poker website that accepted Bitcoin for running it without a license, the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper reported on Monday.
U.S. Supreme Court set to hear pivotal gay marriage arguments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are set on Tuesday to hear arguments on whether the Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, taking up a contentious social issue in what promises to be the year’s mos…
Two killed, four wounded in shooting after Brooklyn funeral
(Reuters) – Two people were killed and four wounded in a shooting after they left a funeral service in New York City’s borough of Brooklyn on Monday night, according to media and police.
San Francisco Uber user robbed, beaten by driver: police
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A man who requested a late-night ride from the ridesharing service Uber in San Francisco over the weekend was robbed by a driver, who refused to let him leave, then chased and assaulted him before taking his cell phone and deb…
Mexican police free 92 migrants held near U.S. border
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican police freed 92 migrants from a safe house in the city of Reynosa on Mexico’s northeastern border with the United States, the government said on Monday.
New bird flu cases probable in Iowa, millions of birds affected
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Initial tests have found probable avian influenza outbreaks at five new commercial poultry sites in Iowa, affecting more than 6 million birds, the state’s agriculture department and the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday….
Nurses union plans short strikes in California and Illinois
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A union representing nurses in California and Illinois said on Monday 6,400 members planned to walk off their jobs later this week for a series of one- and two-day strikes amid contract negotiations.
Baltimore erupts in riots after funeral of man who died in police custody
BALTIMORE (Reuters) – Rioters hurled bricks, looted businesses and set fires in Baltimore on Monday in violence that injured at least seven police officers following the funeral of a 25-year-old black man who died after he was injured in police custody…
U.S. senator sticking by ‘poison pill’ tweak to trade bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic Senator Robert Menendez said on Monday he would strongly resist any attempt to override a human-trafficking amendment to trade legislation that some say could derail a Pacific trade pact.
