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.
Home hash oil extraction is illegal: Colorado Attorney General
(Reuters) – Colorado’s Attorney General on Tuesday said the state’s landmark marijuana legalization law does not allow people to extract the drug’s potent hash oil from plants in their home.
Police kill Pennsylvania man as he tried to run down officers
(Reuters) – Police in Pennsylvania shot and killed a man on Tuesday who tried to use his car to run over officers as they attempted to arrest him on charges of making online terroristic threats against law enforcement, officials said.
Penny for her thoughts: Puppy heads home after 2,400-mile U.S. road trip
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A puppy called Penny could be reunited with her worry-stricken U.S. owners by week’s end after she went on a nearly 2,400-mile road trip that took her to an Iowa truck stop and a Pennsylvania pet hospital, her family said on Tuesday…
Wolf killed in Utah may have been famed Grand Canyon wanderer
(Reuters) – A gray wolf killed by a Utah hunter may have been “Echo,” a female who attracted national attention after wandering through several states to become the first of the protected animals seen at Arizona’s Grand Canyon in 70 years, officials sa…
Accused gang member charged with shooting at L.A. police officers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An accused gang member was charged on Tuesday with firing on two Los Angeles police officers in their squad car, an incident that followed the fatal shooting of two policemen in New York and prompted the LAPD to issue a citywide…
