NHTSA closes four-year probe of Ion steering issues after GM recall
DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. safety regulators closed a four-year probe into power steering problems in almost 335,000 older Saturn Ions after General Motors Co recalled the cars, which are also part of an unrelated recall of defective ignition switches li…
Top court declines Exxon’s appeal in water pollution case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a ruling against Exxon Mobil Corp that ordered the company to pay $105 million in damages for polluting New York City’s groundwater with a toxic gasoline additive.
Supreme Court to review Jerusalem birthplace law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to weigh the constitutionality of a U.S. law that was designed to allow American citizens born in Jerusalem – the historic holy city claimed by Israelis and Palestinians – to have Israel li…
Supreme Court declines to revive Arizona immigration law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a provision in an Arizona law that sought to criminalize the harboring and transportation of illegal immigrants.
Former U.S. soldier says his friendly-fire shots might have killed Tillman
(Reuters) – A former U.S. Army Ranger who was in the same platoon as ex-NFL player Pat Tillman has stated in a television interview that he believes he might have fired the shots that killed Tillman in a 2004 friendly-fire incident in Afghanistan.
Teenager survives flight over Pacific in jet wheel well: FBI
(Reuters) – A teenage boy who ran away from home survived a five-hour flight in the freezing wheel well of a jetliner that reached 38,000 feet as it traveled from California to Hawaii, the FBI said.
Marijuana fans pack 4/20 events in Colorado, Washington state
(Reuters) – Thousands of marijuana enthusiasts gathered in Colorado and Washington state over the weekend for an annual celebration of cannabis culture with rallies, concerts and trade shows in the first two U.S. states to legalize recreational marijua…
Marijuana fans pack 4/20 events in Colorado, Washington state
DENVER (Reuters) – Thousands of marijuana enthusiasts gathered in Colorado and Washington state over the weekend for an annual celebration of cannabis culture with rallies, concerts and trade shows in the first two states to legalize recreational marij…
Sleeping California teen killed when car plows into apartment
(Reuters) – A 16-year-old girl asleep in her bed was killed early Sunday when a suspected drunk driver careened into an apartment building in southern California, law enforcement officials said.
Brother, sister, both four, die in New York house fire on Easter morning
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A house fire that left two young children dead early Easter Sunday in New York City was sparked accidentally, possibly by a child playing with a lighter or matches, emergency officials said.
