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….
Third person dies from South by Southwest crash in Texas capital
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A third person has died as a result of a motorist plowing his car into crowds of people outside of nightclubs, bars and restaurants last week at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, officials said on Monday.
Texas man killed in cinema parking lot after argument about movie
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A man who argued with two other movie goers about the ending of a film was struck outside the cinema by a truck driven by his adversaries and killed, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said on Monday.
Men from Ukraine and New York indicted in U.S. cybercrime case
(Reuters) – Federal prosecutors on Monday announced the indictment of three men they accuse of being members of an international cybercrime ring that tried to steal at least $15 million by hacking into U.S. customer accounts at 14 financial institution…
