After accidents, U.S. railroads seek tougher tank car standards
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. railroads on Thursday called on regulators to improve safety standards for tank cars carrying flammable liquids following a boom in transporting oil by rail and a spate of accidents and spills.
U.S. Treasury signs pact with France for anti-tax evasion law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has signed an anti-tax evasion agreement with France, the 10th country to join a U.S. global dragnet that goes into effect next July, the U.S. Treasury said on Thursday.
Newtown families mark anniversary with a plea for parents to unite
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mark Barden liked to call his son Daniel the “custodian of all living creatures,” the sort of 7-year-old who would comfort someone sitting alone or looking sad or who would help another child with a stuck jacket zipper.
Three wounded, 16-year-old arrested after shooting near Pittsburgh school
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Three teenage boys were wounded on Wednesday when a 16-year-old allegedly opened fire near a Pittsburgh high school in a bid to exact revenge for a fight that took place at the school a month ago, police said.
In Arizona, a closely watched vote to decide solar policy’s fate
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Proponents of solar power will face off with Arizona’s biggest utility on Thursday in a last-ditch effort to sway regulators who are preparing to rule on the fate of a little-known solar subsidy that, if altered, would be a blow…
Woman on Hawaii-bound cruise jumps overboard, presumed dead
(Reuters) – An American woman in her 50s on a Hawaii-bound cruise ship leaped overboard on Wednesday afternoon in a bid to kill herself and is presumed dead, a spokeswoman for Princess Cruises said.
Obama to tout U.S. economic recovery in Ohio steel mill visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is set to tout the U.S. economic recovery during a visit to an Ohio steel mill on Thursday even as he faces more questions about the troubled rollout of his signature healthcare law.
U.S. Secret Service reassigns two over conduct -report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. Secret Service supervisors have been reassigned over conduct deemed inappropriate, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, the latest in a series of embarrassments for the agency responsible for guarding the president…
Colorado mulls banning drones for hunting game
DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado this week is considering banning the use of unmanned drones to help hunters spot game as communities across the United States grapple with how to regulate the new technology.
Four U.S. Marines die in accident at Camp Pendleton in California
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Four U.S. Marines were killed on Wednesday in an accident while clearing a training area used as an artillery and aerial bombing range at Camp Pendleton in Southern California, a military spokesman said.
