Two dead, many drivers trapped as western U.S. storms chill New Year’s Eve
(Reuters) – Two people died on a wind-beaten California island and crews rescued more than 100 drivers trapped in snow-caked mountains farther inland as winter storms chilled the western half of the United States on New Year’s Eve, officials said on We…
Boy’s body found in Ohio creek after mother says she left toddler on porch
(Reuters) – The body of a missing 14-month-old Maryland boy was found on Wednesday in a central Ohio creek after his mother claimed she had abandoned the toddler nearby on the doorstep of a house, Columbus police said.
U.S. drone rules remain in the hangar in 2014
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States missed a year-end deadline for publishing new rules on remote-control aircraft, delaying an eagerly awaited step toward using drones in everything from farming to package delivery.
Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber lose delay bid
BOSTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday denied defense requests to move and delay the start of the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose lawyers say they are overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of pages of documents…
Ban on smoking in N.Y. state parks reinstated
ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) – A New York appeals court has reinstated a ban on smoking in state parks, dismissing a challenge by a group of smokers who said the restriction was enacted illegally.
Ex-science chief sues Revlon over safety issues, anti-Jewish bias
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Revlon Inc chief scientific officer has sued the cosmetics company, claiming he was fired after raising safety concerns that its chief executive did not want to hear and was discriminated against for being Jewish.
Effort to kill California’s ban on plastic grocery bags moves forward
(This Dec. 30 story was corrected to fix the spelling of Barrier to Berrier in the third paragraph.)
Head of Baltimore Ravens security charged with sex offense: report
(Reuters) – The senior director of security for the Baltimore Ravens was charged late on Tuesday with a sex offense, according to the Baltimore Sun newspaper and online court records.
U.S. sends five Guantanamo prisoners to Kazakhstan for resettlement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three Yemenis and two Tunisians held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo have been flown to Kazakhstan for resettlement, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of prisoner transfers aime…
Exclusive: CDC to hire lab safety chief after Ebola, bird flu mishaps
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to hire a chief of laboratory safety, a new post that has taken on more urgency after a CDC scientist was possibly exposed to Ebola in a laboratory last week.
