Yankees’ Rodriguez asks federal judge to throw out MLB suspension
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Embattled New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez asked a federal judge on Monday to throw out an arbitrator’s decision suspending him for the 2014 baseball season for doping, escalating a battle with Major League Baseball that sho…
Colorado to launch ‘don’t drive stoned’ ads with U.S. funding
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado will warn motorists against driving stoned in a campaign backed by $430,000 in new federal funding, officials said on Monday, two weeks after the first U.S. recreational marijuana retail shops opened in the state.
Gay-marriage ban considered by Indiana lawmakers
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) – Indiana lawmakers on Monday heard arguments on a proposed state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, bucking a U.S. trend in the past two years of states, voters and courts allowing gays to marry.
Two Massachusetts children found dead, locked in hope chest
BOSTON (Reuters) – Two children under the age of 10 were found dead, locked in a hope chest in their family’s home in Franklin, Massachusetts, local prosecutors said on Monday.
Southwest grounds pilots who landed jet at wrong airport
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Southwest Airlines on Monday suspended two pilots from flying after their jetliner with 124 passengers landed at the wrong airport near Branson, Missouri, late Sunday, a spokeswoman said.
Judge approves American Air-Cantor Fitzgerald Sept 11 settlement
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday approved a $135 million settlement between American Airlines Group Inc and Cantor Fitzgerald over business and property losses suffered by the financial services company in the September 11 attacks on the …
Vermont slaps VerMints candy-maker for misusing state name
BOSTON (Reuters) – Boutique mint-maker VerMints can keep its name, but its tins need to make clear the candies are not actually made in the Green Mountain state, according to a settlement announced by Vermont’s attorney general on Monday.
House Democrats request probe into Target card breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic members of the Financial Services Committee of the House of Representatives have called on the panel to investigate the hacking of credit and debit card data belonging to millions of customers of retailer Target Corp.
Ex-U.S. soldier who wanted to help al Shabaab sentenced to prison
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former U.S. soldier who admitted to trying to help the al Shabaab militant group, an al Qaeda affiliate in Somalia, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday, the Justice Department said.
U.S. lawmakers propose King statue at Georgia Capitol
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Georgia lawmakers and civil rights leaders are seeking to replace a statue of a controversial senator removed from the state’s Capitol grounds last year with one honoring Martin Luther King Jr., a Nobel Peace Prize winner and native…
