Texas club auctions rhino hunt permit in bid to protect species
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The Dallas Safari Club will auction a permit to hunt a black rhino in Namibia, possibly fetching up to $1 million with proceeds going to protect the endangered animals in a move seen by some animal rights groups as ethically d…
New York comptroller questions AT&T surveillance report plan
BOSTON (Reuters) – A plan by AT&T Inc to explain how it shares some customer information with government agencies may not be enough to restore public trust, an attorney for New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli told securities regulators in a letter provided to Reuters on Wednesday.
U.S. Navy chopper down off Virginia, one crew member dead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy helicopter went down off the Virginia coast on Wednesday and one of the five crew members has died and another is missing, the military said.
California policeman accused in transient’s beating death acted reasonably: lawyer
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) – A California ex-policeman on trial in the beating death of a mentally ill transient that ignited protests in a Los Angeles suburb acted reasonably and couldn’t have known that “catastrophe was around the corner,” his l…
Thousands of railcars need updating after crude crashes: Greenbriar CEO
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Some 80,000 tank cars that don’t meet current industry safety standards need to be replaced or retrofitted after several crashes of trains carrying crude oil, the head of railcar maker The Greenbriar Companies said on Wednesday.
Former top U.S. transportation officials head to private sector
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two former leading U.S. transportation officials who left the Obama administration in recent months were named on Wednesday to new private-sector posts.
Insurers push Obamacare payment deadline to late January
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some top U.S. health insurers are giving consumers more time to pay their Obamacare premiums, extending the deadline to the end of January for benefits that begin retroactively from January 1.
Charge dropped against principal in Ohio rape case investigation
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) – Prosecutors will drop a misdemeanor charge against an Ohio school principal indicted by a grand jury in November as part of a larger investigation into the rape of a teenage girl that drew national attention.
N.Y. court allows ‘close friends’ to adopt child
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In a decision that could make it easier for a broader category of people to adopt in New York state, a Manhattan judge has allowed the adoption of a child by two “close personal friends.”
Half of black males in U.S. arrested by age 23, study finds
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Almost half of black males and almost 40 percent of white males are arrested in the United States by the time they are 23 years old, according to a study released this week.
