Wisconsin judge orders competency hearing for girl in ‘Slenderman’ case
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A judge on Wednesday ordered a competency hearing for one of two Wisconsin pre-teen girls accused of stabbing a friend in an attempt to please the fictional Internet character “Slenderman.”
U.S. regulators expand number of vehicles affected by Takata recalls
DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. safety regulators on Wednesday expanded the number of vehicles in the United States that may be affected by recalls for potentially defective Takata Corp air bags that could spray shrapnel at occupants.
Ebola gives U.S. ‘preppers’ another reason to prepare for worst
(Reuters) – With the closest known U.S. cases of Ebola diagnosed about 160 miles away in Dallas, Cary Griffin is taking no chances.
U.S. to funnel travelers from Ebola-hit region through five airports
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States ratcheted up its safeguards against Ebola on Tuesday, requiring travelers from three countries at the center of an epidemic in West Africa to fly into one of five major airports conducting enhanced screening for t…
North Korea unexpectedly frees American Jeffrey Fowle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea has freed Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans detained by the country, and he is being flown home to his family, Washington said on Tuesday, amid growing international pressure on Pyongyang over its human rights rec…
Big utilities pushing into booming home solar market
(Reuters) – For years, the utilities responsible for providing electricity to the nation have treated residential solar systems as a threat. Now, they want a piece of the action, and they are having to fight for the chance.
U.S. government probes medical devices for possible cyber flaws
BOSTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating about two dozen cases of suspected cybersecurity flaws in medical devices and hospital equipment that officials fear could be exploited by hackers, a senior official at the ag…
Former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee dies at 93
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ben Bradlee, the hard-driving editor who reigned over the Washington Post with the style of a well-dressed swashbuckler and the profane vocabulary of a dockworker as the newspaper helped topple President Richard Nixon, died on Tu…
Famed Texas oilman Nelson Bunker Hunt dead at 88
(Reuters) – Nelson Bunker Hunt, the Texas oilman once considered the world’s richest man before his fortunes were undone by Muammar Gaddafi and his own epic overreaching in the silver market, died on Tuesday at age 88.
U.S. authorities arrest head of Mexican drug gang Gulf Cartel
(Reuters) – The head of the notorious Mexican cocaine-trafficking gang, the Gulf Cartel, was taken into custody in southern Texas, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
