From potatoes to copper, Montana lawyer is hottest courtroom commodity
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As a young boy working on his uncle’s potato farm in rural Montana, little did Christopher Lovell know the company whose name was emblazoned across trains crossing the state would one day make him the nation’s most revered – or rev…
Illinois primary voters to pick candidates for governor, senate
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois Republicans will go to the polls on Tuesday to choose a candidate to run for governor against a Democratic incumbent they say is weak enough to give their party a shot at taking back an office long held by Democrats in the …
Obamacare campaign highlights sports injuries to enroll young people
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With the clock running down on Obamacare enrollment, the administration sought to persuade young people to sign up for health coverage on Tuesday by telling them how much it hurts not be insured – that is, how much it can hurt th…
Seattle council votes to limit rideshare firms UberX, Lyft, Sidecar
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Seattle lawmakers on Monday voted to cap the number of rideshare company drivers in a hotly contested move to limit a nascent industry that has emerged in dozens of cities to compete with traditional taxis.
Warmest winter on record worsens California drought
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California is coming off of its warmest winter on record, aggravating an enduring drought in the most populous U.S. state, federal weather scientists said Monday.
Unease grows among U.S. doctors over Indian drug quality
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some U.S. doctors are becoming concerned about the quality of generic drugs supplied by Indian manufacturers following a flurry of recalls and import bans by the Food and Drug Administration.
Mother who drove kids into ocean off Florida needs psychiatric care: lawyer
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The lawyer for a pregnant woman who drove a minivan with her children inside into the surf off a Florida beach wants her released into the care of a hospital psychiatric ward, according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Obama manufacturing hubs face uphill struggle to create jobs
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Along the banks of the Mahoning River in the struggling Ohio steel town of Youngstown sits a once-abandoned furniture warehouse that has been converted into a sleek new laboratory.
California man arrested near U.S.-Canada border on terrorism charge
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A California man who prosecutors say was on his way to Syria to join an al Qaeda splinter group was arrested on Monday near the U.S.-Canada border in Washington state on a terrorism charge, federal officials said.
ACLU cites free speech in suit against Idaho’s ‘ag gag’ law
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho on Monday asked a federal judge to strike down a state law it says violates constitutional rights to free speech by banning the documentation of animal abuse at livestock operations….
