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…
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.
Indianapolis in crisis mode after tourism hit by religious bill
(Reuters) – The rainbow flag, a symbol of gay rights, flies prominently on the Visit Indy website and Indiana’s Republican Governor Mike Pence personally phoned the head of a Seattle company that gathers 56,000 gaming nerds in the heartland each year.
Two New York City women accused of planning ‘terrorist attack’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two New York City women have been arrested and accused of planning to carry out a “terrorist attack” in the United States, according to a federal criminal complaint made public on Thursday.
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.
