Three arrested as Chicago protesters demand police reforms
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Three people were arrested on Tuesday at a protest at Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office demanding reforms to the nation’s second-largest police department, including an end to what protesters consider excessive use of “stop and fr…
U.S. Joint Chiefs drafting military cyber standards: arms tester
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief U.S. weapons tester said on Tuesday he was working with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to draft military requirements to address widespread cyber vulnerabilities in nearly every arms program and military command.
Former Alamo managers sue Texas in battle over archives
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The private heritage group that managed the Alamo, the site of the famed 1836 battle for Texas independence, has sued the state over what it says is an illegal attempt to take over some 38,000 rare books, letters, and artifacts …
FAA streamlines approval for some commercial drone use
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. aviation regulators on Tuesday unveiled a new policy to speed up approval for the use of commercial drones in the United States under certain conditions.
Illinois House passes bills to plug state budget gap
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Illinois House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would plug a $1.6 billion hole in the state’s budget by cutting spending on most programs by 2.25 percent and tapping money from other funds.
Amy’s Kitchen recalls spinach products over listeria concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amy’s Kitchen Inc is recalling about 74,000 cases of products that might contain organic spinach contaminated with listeria, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.
Family of alleged Facebook fraud fugitive to forfeit bail: U.S. judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The family of a New York man who became a fugitive after being criminally charged with trying to defraud Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg out of half of the social media company was ordered on Tuesday to forfeit his bail.
20-foot deep sinkhole in New Jersey forces home evacuations
(Reuters) – A 20-foot deep sinkhole forced the evacuation on Tuesday of four New Jersey homes after crumbling part of a roadway and swallowing up a car, police said.
Obama mercury air pollution rule faces test at U.S. top court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The latest legal test of President Barack Obama’s environmental agenda reaches the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices consider a challenge to a regulation intended to limit emissions of mercury and other hazardous po…
Court rules PSEG may be entitled to recover Sandy storm-surge losses
(Reuters) – Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., New Jersey’s largest power utility, may be entitled to recover hundreds of millions of dollars more from its insurers for losses caused by the storm surge associated with Superstorm Sandy in 2012, a sta…
