E-cigarettes: a burning question for U.S. regulators
NEW YORK (Reuters) – At the Henley Vaporium, one of a growing number of e-cigarette lounges sprouting up in New York and other U.S. cities, patrons can indulge in their choice of more than 90 flavors of nicotine-infused vapor, ranging from bacon to bub…
U.S. Supreme Court wrestles with child abduction case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared conflicted as the justices considered whether a father who lives in the United Kingdom has the legal authority to seek the immediate return of his daughter, who was taken to New York b…
Former Google executive to run U.S. patent office
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Google Inc executive Michelle Lee has been named deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and will run the agency until a new director is named, the agency said on Wednesday.
After Newtown, focus of U.S. gun control battle shifts to states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the year since the massacre of 26 schoolchildren and adults in Newtown, Connecticut, efforts to pass gun legislation have stalled in the U.S. Congress but shifted to the states, helped by the deep pockets of outgoing New York …
Pilots of Asiana crash knew speed was low: documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pilots of an Asiana Airlines Inc plane that crash-landed in San Francisco last summer were aware the plane was traveling too slowly and tried to correct it in the final seconds before impact, according to documents released on We…
Union machinists held talks with Boeing on 777X
(Reuters) – The union representing Boeing Co’s Seattle area machinists said its leaders had met with top executives of the airplane maker on Tuesday about restarting talks that could see the new 777X jetliner built in Washington state, where the curren…
Gannett to add USA Today pages to its local newspapers
(Reuters) – USA Today, nicknamed “The Nation’s Newspaper,” is getting local.
Texas Rangers probe shooting death of student by police
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – The Texas Rangers have been called in to investigate the shooting death by police of a student at a Catholic university near San Antonio that his family calls suspicious and local police describe as justifiable.
Insight: Rocker judge juggles tech policy, Supreme Court and the Stones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the cloistered federal appeals courts, where cameras are taboo and life-tenured judges toil in seclusion, Randall Rader relishes his persona as a hard-charging front man.
U.S. schools look to guards, technology a year after Sandy Hook
MILWAUKEE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A year after a gunman massacred 26 first-graders and adults in a Connecticut elementary school, educational officials across the United States continue to face the longstanding question of how to best protect their stud…
