UAW hikes dues for first time since 1967 to bolster strike fund
DETROIT (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers union raised its membership dues for the first time since 1967 on Tuesday, hiking them 25 percent to replenish a depleted fund to support workers who go out on strike.
Maryland postal worker accused of stealing 20,000 pieces of mail
ANNAPOLIS Md. (Reuters) – A U.S. postal carrier and horror story writer from Maryland has been charged by federal authorities with stealing more than 20,000 pieces of mail, according to court records.
Quality Egg admits to selling tainted eggs, bribing official
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Quality Egg LLC and two top executives on Tuesday admitted to selling substandard eggs containing a “poisonous” substance and bribing a federal inspector in a food-safety scandal that sickened tens of thousands, the U.S. Department …
Accused Boston bombers used Cambridge arsenal in final fight: prosecutors
BOSTON (Reuters) – The ethnic Chechen brothers accused of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing returned to their family’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, apartment to gather weapons after the FBI released photos of the duo three days after the attack, pr…
Paleontologist gets three months in prison for dinosaur bone smuggling
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A paleontologist who prosecutors called a “a one-man black market in prehistoric fossils” was sentenced on Tuesday to three months in prison after he admitted to having schemed to smuggle dinosaur remains out of Mongolia.
FBI starts U.S. campaign to deter lasers being aimed at aircraft
TAMPA Fla. (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday it will pay up to $10,000 for tips leading to arrests of pranksters who point handheld lasers at aircraft, part of a national campaign to crack down on a growing threat known as…
Body found near San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge after sailboat mishap
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Authorities scouring the San Francisco Bay for a person missing since a sailboat was found capsized on Monday on rocks east of the Golden Gate Bridge found a body in the area, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday.
Regulators warn parents to stop using ‘Nap Nanny’ after sixth death
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. safety experts on Tuesday warned families to stop using an infant recliner called the “Nap Nanny” after discovering a sixth death has been tied to the product.
Judge lets conspiracy charge stand in fatal Philadelphia cave-in
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Two men accused in a deadly Philadelphia building collapse battled criminal charges in court on Tuesday, two days shy of the anniversary of the cave-in that killed six people and badly injured several others.
Tunisian accused of train plot link admits lying to officials
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Tunisian man accused of ties to an unsuccessful plot to derail a Canada-U.S. passenger train on Tuesday accepted a plea offer in federal court that includes no terrorism charges.
