Dream on Me recalls playpens because of strangulation hazard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Baby products company Dream On Me is recalling about 10,000 Incredible playpens because their rails can collapse and become a strangulation hazard for children, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday.
White House rolls out new tire safety, efficiency program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday will roll out a new program aimed at getting U.S. consumers to buy tires that will enable cars to get better mileage and take better care of them to cut down on tire-related crashes.
Release of autopsy results in L.A. police shooting could come in next two weeks
(Reuters) – Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday said he expects the results of an autopsy on an unarmed black man shot by police in August will be released by the end of December, probably in the next week or two.
Executions set in Georgia, Missouri for convicted murderers
ATLANTA/KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – A Georgia man due to be executed on Tuesday for the 1995 murder of a sheriff’s deputy is mentally disabled and received inadequate representation from a lawyer who drank heavily at the time of his trial, the death row inmate’s current attorneys said.
University Of Virginia lays out student safety plan
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) – The University of Virginia on Monday set out the first steps of a new student safety plan, especially for survivors of sexual assault, days after Rolling Stone magazine backtracked on its story about an alleged gang rape at a …
Lava flows toward Hawaii village, threatens major intersection
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – Slow-moving lava from an erupting volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island continued to flow toward a small village, advancing about 250 yards on Monday, and threatened to reach a major traffic intersection before year’s end.
Mexican protesters block key U.S. entry points into Mexico
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Mexican demonstrators blocked or slowed traffic near at least four busy entry points along the United States’s southern border on Monday to protest against new Mexican fees and rules on imports of used cars from the United States. 
Man arrested after three die in North Carolina from cocaine use
(Reuters) – North Carolina authorities have arrested a man after three people died and 10 were made sick at the weekend after using cocaine laced with a potent painkiller, police said on Monday.
Portland, Oregon, sues to stop Uber online car service
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Portland sued Uber on Monday to stop the fast-growing ride-hailing service from operating in the Oregon city until it follows local regulations.
Texas pair arrested for suspected Black Friday murder
DALLAS (Reuters) – Two former employees of an American Eagle Outfitters store in Fort Worth, Texas, beat, strangled and set on fire an assistant store manager to steal thousands of dollars of Black Friday sales, according to police documents released o…
