U.S. court dismisses Colombian human rights claims against Occidental
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday threw out a human rights lawsuit brought against Occidental Petroleum Corp over allegations that it played a role in killings carried out by the Colombian military in 2004.
Los Angeles porn actors must wear condoms, appeals court rules
(Reuters) – A regional U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Monday that pornographic movie actors in Los Angeles must wear condoms during sex scenes, upholding a lower court decision that was challenged by the adult film industry.
Longshore union, shippers see slow progress in U.S. West Coast port talks
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The union for 20,000 dockworkers and a group of their employers at 29 U.S. West Coast ports say they are making slow but steady progress in months-long contract talks seen by the shipping industry as a contributing factor in chr…
NY judge weighs use of hypnotized witnesses in Etan Patz case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York judge is weighing whether the testimony of witnesses who were hypnotized can be used as evidence against a man who has confessed to killing Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy who vanished from a New York City street more than t…
Rare white rhino dies at San Diego zoo, leaving only five on earth
(Reuters) – One of only six northern white rhinoceros left on earth died over the weekend at a San Diego zoo, bringing the species closer to extinction, zoo officials said on Monday.
U.S. seeks to use letters from bin Laden raid at terror trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have asked a federal judge to allow them to use documents seized during the 2011 military raid that killed Osama bin Laden at the January trial of suspected al Qaeda figure Abu Anas al-Liby.
Top court rejects Arizona appeal over abortion drug law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked Arizona from enforcing a state law that restricts access to abortion-inducing drugs by prohibiting off-label uses of RU-486, the so-called “abortion pill.”
UAW chief backs labor board decisions on email, organizing votes
DETROIT (Reuters) – The president of the United Auto Workers union on Monday called the National Labor Relations Board’s recent decisions to allow employees to use company email to organize and unions to hold faster elections to represent workers “the …
Boston Marathon bomber suspect to appear in court this week
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is due to appear in court in Boston this week for the first time in more than a year, at a final hearing before his trial begins next month, one of his attorneys said on Monday.
UAW chief backs labor board decisions on email, organizing votes
DETROIT (Reuters) – The president of the United Auto Workers union on Monday called the National Labor Relations Board’s recent decisions to allow employees to use company email to organize and unions to hold faster elections to represent workers “the …
