GM avoided defective switch redesign in 2005 to save a dollar each
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Motors Co in 2005 decided not to change an ignition switch eventually linked to the deaths of at least 13 people because it would have added about a dollar to the cost of each car, according to an internal GM docu…
Fate of New York restaurant’s fragile Picasso heads to court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The question of whether a fragile Picasso painting in New York City’s Four Seasons restaurant will crumble if taken down to allow repairs to the wall it hangs on will go to a state court judge on Wednesday.
Officials evaluating whether tsunami warning will be issued for Hawaii
(Reuters) – A tsunami warning could be issued for Hawaii due to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck on Tuesday off the coast of Chile, U.S. officials said.
California city weighs minimum wage of $12.30, among nation’s highest
RICHMOND, California (Reuters) – A California city in the pricey San Francisco Bay Area postponed a vote on Tuesday to raise its minimum wage to $12.30, which if passed would be among the highest municipal “living wage” rates in the United States.
Scandal-tainted Washington mayor loses Democratic primary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – District of Columbia city council member Muriel Bowser swept to victory over scandal-plagued Mayor Vincent Gray in the U.S. capital’s crowded Democratic Party primary on Wednesday.
Colorado town rejects drone-hunting licenses
DENVER (Reuters) – Voters in the small farming town of Deer Trail, Colorado, on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a tongue-in-cheek proposal to issue hunting licenses to shoot down unmanned drones that fly over the hamlet’s airspace, an election official…
U.S. eyes lessons learned from Malaysia jet at Asia defense talks
HONOLULU (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Tuesday he expected to discuss lessons learned from the search for a missing Malaysian jetliner at talks with southeast Asian defense chiefs, but stopped short of criticizing Malaysia’s co…
UAW asks to delay Volkswagen hearing, cites anti-union collusion
(Reuters) – The United Auto Workers (UAW) on Tuesday asked a U.S. agency to stay an April 21 hearing related to a mid-February union vote it lost at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant, citing what it called new evidence of collusion between Republican lawmak…
CEO Barra calls GM’s actions on deadly defect ‘unacceptable’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Motors Co CEO Mary Barra on Tuesday called her company’s slow response to faulty ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths “unacceptable,” but could not give U.S. lawmakers many answers as to what went wrong.
Stung by scandals, California Democrats cancel signature fundraiser
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – Stung by a string of corruption charges against state lawmakers, California Democrats on Tuesday canceled a golf fundraiser that costs as much as $65,000 per foursome, saying it was time to re-evaluate the relationshi…
