Poor employee training blamed for 2012 New Jersey Conrail derailment
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Federal investigators on Tuesday blamed inadequate employee training at Conrail for a November 2012 freight train derailment and toxic spill in southern New Jersey that sickened residents and forced hundreds to flee the area.
Three of four Ethiopian athletes missing after U.S. track meet located
(Reuters) – Three Ethiopian athletes who came to the United States for a track meet in Oregon and then failed to fly home with their teammates have been located and are safe after disappearing in a possible asylum bid, local officials said on Tuesday.
American opinion of Arabs, Muslims is getting worse: poll
(Reuters) – How Americans view Arabs and Muslims has gotten worse in recent years, with negative feelings strongest among Republicans and senior citizens, according to a poll released on Tuesday.
Wisconsin man in dispute with lottery over misprinted tickets
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A retired welder in Milwaukee says the Wisconsin lottery owes him $2,000 but the agency contends his scratch-off tickets were misprinted and not truly winners.
U.S. to seize $100 million of Iraqi Kurdish oil in tanker off Texas
HOUSTON/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities were set on Tuesday to seize a cargo of crude worth more than $100 million from Iraqi Kurdistan anchored off the Texas coast after a judge approved a request from Baghdad, raising the stakes in an oil sales d…
U.S. appeals court upholds federal meat labeling regulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday rejected a food industry challenge to a federal rule concerning labeling requirements for meat, marking a potential setback for other businesses fighting federal regulations on free-speech grounds….
More than a third of U.S. adults pursued by collection agencies
CHICAGO (Reuters) – More than a third of U.S. adults have bad debt that has been handed over to a collection agency and their average debt in collections is $5,178, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Urban Institute.
Fire injures four, shuts CVR Refining’s Kansas refinery
(Reuters) – Four employees were hurt in a fire at CVR Refining’s 115,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas, after a fire broke out at an isomerization unit early on Tuesday, the company said in a statement.
Alabama woman dies after being doused in gasoline, set ablaze
(Reuters) – An Alabama woman whose former boyfriend doused her in gasoline and set her on fire died early on Tuesday after two days in the hospital, authorities said.
Mother of slain Mexican teen sues U.S. Border Patrol agents
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Lawyers for the mother of a Mexican teenager fatally shot by U.S. border police filed a U.S. federal civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday, calling the killing “brazen and lawless” and the latest example of agents using excessive force.
