U.S. safety regulators open probe of GM’s handling of recall
DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. safety regulators have opened an investigation into whether General Motors Co reacted fast enough in its recall of more than 1.6 million cars over an ignition-switch defect linked to 13 deaths in crashes.
U.S. proposes major update to food labels in bid to combat obesity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Packaged foods sold in the United States would display calorie counts more prominently and include the amount of added sugar under a proposal to significantly update nutritional labels for the first time in 20 years as health off…
FBI offers reward over anti-Mormon graffiti attacks in Idaho
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – The FBI on Wednesday offered a $5,000 reward for help tracking down vandals who spray-painted anti-Mormon graffiti on three churches in a spree of defacements that left a predominantly Mormon town in southeastern Idaho shocked…
Detroit uses stick and carrot to sell bankruptcy plan
(Reuters) – In his effort to keep Detroit on a fast track to end its historic bankruptcy, the city’s emergency manager has cobbled together a plan to cajole or even threaten key creditors to accept cuts he laid out in federal court filings last week, o…
Small plane crashes in Hawaii, killing three; three others hurt
(Reuters) – Three people were killed and three others injured when a small plane carrying local government employees crashed in Hawaii about a mile from Lanai Airport, officials said on Thursday.
Obama launches effort to help propel black, Hispanic young men
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will launch a program on Thursday to help improve opportunities for boys from minority groups through programs that provide mentoring, better education, and violence prevention, the White House said.
Boston Marathon heightens security measures after bombing attack
(Reuters) – Boston Marathon organizers have banned runners from bringing bags and imposed other measures to tighten security for the April race after a twin bomb attack near the finish line last year killed three people and wounded 264.
Recreational marijuana proposal certified for Alaska ballot
(Reuters) – Alaska voters will decide this summer whether America’s Last Frontier will become the third U.S. state to legalize the sale and recreational use of marijuana for adults under a proposal that officially qualified on Wednesday for a statewide…
Arizona governor vetoes bill widely criticized as anti-gay
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed a bill on Wednesday derided by critics as a license to discriminate against gays in the name of religion, citing opposition from big business and warning that the measure could “create more problem…
Hundreds of foods in U.S. contain ‘ADA’ plastics chemical: report
(Reuters) – Nearly 500 foods found on grocery store shelves in the United States, including many foods labeled as “healthy,” contain a potentially hazardous industrial plastics chemical, according to a report issued Thursday by a health research and ad…
